By the Way

When Adalyn turned 1 last year, I was in complete denial. The first year had gone by so fast and it didn't seem possible that she wasn...

  I was under the impression that I wrote a little birthday update about the girls each year, but apparently I haven’t actually done th...

By the third time around, I shouldn’t really be surprised to find that I have a hard time with pregnancy. Now I will begin with a disclaim...

If you were wondering what has been happening in these last few months of blog silence... 1.We spent the summer in America, hitting up Kentu...

One day I will not wake up to the crying of children.  I will wake up, and it will be after 6am, and nobody will have disturbed me all nigh...

Ten years ago I moved overseas for the first time.   Single, barely 22, with no earthly clue what I was doing.   That first year was rough....

[This is not a comment about working mothers vs. stay at home mothers vs. work at home mothers vs. part time working mothers... Nor does thi...

Every year I try to record some things about the girls to remember what they are like and what they are learning each year.  I don'...

A few years ago I wrote Juliana's nursing story , and I wanted to record and remember my nursing journey with Adalyn as well. I thin...

I don't usually plan large events, but recently, on an ambitious day, I decided: Hey, let's have a big party for all the Sophomore s...