LUUUKE!!! This is even more amazing than I imagined. I can’t stop smiling!! I sent the text to Luke from The Glen the night we arrived,...

[kuh n-sohl] verb (used with object), consoled, consoling. to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment Which is exactly...

Luke called today. Kyle and I were both working from home, so we put him on speakerphone and soaked up the sound of his voice. All good...

Mom, you should put this picture on your blog. Jimmy tells me this every so often about his silly-faced pictures. Today’s your day,...

I’m sitting on my porch this morning and the sun is so warm I’m breaking a sweat. Everything is green except for the riot of white...

Driving from Davenport to Des Moines Kyle’s eyes start to get that half-mast look and I feel compelled to come up with a stay-awake car...

We’re celebrating two today. Our firstborn, and our youngest. One born on 3-3-93. The other seven years later at the start of a new...

Here’s something I’ve been thinking about lately. I think it’s the puppy. And two days of no school. Monday, working from home, it felt...

I’m not a big fan of roller-coasters. Too much holding your breath and hanging on tight on the way up. Too much sick-to-your stomach...

I feel like it’s worth noting. We’ve had a stretch of really good days. Yesterday Kyle and I had a coffee date, and all of our...

It’s finally here, Felipe. You’ve been counting the days for several weeks. 18 days to my birthday; 21 days to Christmas… And I’ve...

Last night at dinner Felipe and Nils talked about angels and demons. Not our typical table talk. Both boys were animated, telling a story...

We’d been talking about the boys’ strengths. They’d recently taken a version of StrengthsFinder, and I’d met with the guidance counselor...

I love the season of Advent. I don’t love it quite as much as summer, truth be told. But in this transition from outdoors to hibernation...

It’s Thanksgiving weekend and we’re still celebrating. Yesterday with the Andersons and tomorrow with the Eastvolds. Black Friday today,...

I’ve been entertaining this question for the past ten days. The days between Nils’ birthday and mine – days we set aside to “be still,...

It’s a long drive to Marion, Indiana from Andover. Ten long hours in the car, plus an hour lost on the way. Black as night by 5pm and...

The birthday boy is the last to get up, like usual. But the first to be ready. Wearing his new North Face sweatshirt, picked out by Mom,...

He said it to me, just outside the bathroom door. Just after boys left for school. “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to...

I found this description in a book I was reading. It is a dreadfully accurate summation of my own reality. We always love ourselves more...