Tag: Marriage
Life Is A…Rerouting, Take a U-Turn Here
…Maybe life is less like a highway and more like a series of one-way streets, wrong turns, u-turns, side roads, traffic jams, pot holes, missed exits, and detours. Maybe life was never meant to follow a GPS. Maybe concrete plans were meant to be broken. Maybe we were meant to scream from time to time, “Crap! I didn’t want to exit here!” Because that’s when life, with all the good, the bad, and even the seriously ugly, really happens.
Be You
I love personality tests. Not the “Which Downton Abbey Character Are You?” type. I’m talking the real deal. Myers Briggs, Winslow Personality Assessment, Keirsey Temperament Sorter… The ones that leave you feeling completely exposed, like someone just dug out your soul and splattered it… Continue Reading “Be You”
Eight Years
A few years ago I met a friend at the park. While our kids played, we chatted about life, about our crazy mornings with getting kids out the door, about the tantrum at the library and the embarrassing twenty minute serenade of Old McDonald… Continue Reading “Eight Years”
Playing with Fire
The river looked so peaceful tumbling over the rocks and through the snow-covered pine trees. The road weaved through the narrow canyon, the rock walls towered above us. The kids had been teasing all morning to find a sledding hill and we hadn’t driven all… Continue Reading “Playing with Fire”
To All of My Expectant Friends and Family: Babies (and those 9 months in your tummy) are the BEST!!
The past few weeks I have been bombarded with news of dear friends and family expecting. Text messages, phone calls, facebook pictures, and in-person news have me reeling with joy with the prospect of new babies coming into this world (is there anything in… Continue Reading “To All of My Expectant Friends and Family: Babies (and those 9 months in your tummy) are the BEST!!”
Motherhood: Anything But Typical, No Matter What the World Says
Her wrinkled eyes bored into my soul as I filled out the papers. I could tell the minute she called me back from the waiting room she had sized me up and had decided we wouldn’t be friends. My husband and I had just… Continue Reading “Motherhood: Anything But Typical, No Matter What the World Says”
The Chase is On…(Helping My Boys *Eventually* Navigate the World of Girls)
This year was certain to be different. As my six-year-old son climbed those big bus steps and waved goodbye, I couldn’t help but think he looked so grown-up. His first time at school ALL day, first time eating lunch in the cafeteria, first time… Continue Reading “The Chase is On…(Helping My Boys *Eventually* Navigate the World of Girls)”
And They Lived Happily Ever After (why marriage has been worth all the work)
This past weekend my husband and I loaded up our car with snacks, games, books, and music and buckled our kids in their car seats for a nine-hour drive. Our boys could hardly contain their excitement to play with aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas, and… Continue Reading “And They Lived Happily Ever After (why marriage has been worth all the work)”
Maiden Spring Voyage
We usually don’t make a huge deal of birthdays. A cake, family, maybe a couple presents, nothing big. So when my birthday came on one particular year, I hadn’t expected much. I certainly hadn’t expected to celebrate at my husband’s bedside in the ER.… Continue Reading “Maiden Spring Voyage”
Catching Crawfish 