A wise friend of mine recently told me – “There are very few stresses in life that can survive a treatment of milk and cookies.” And I whole heartedly agree with her! … How do you find peace at the end of a long day filled with never ending “to-do” lists? What is your favorite [...]

the laundry… the menu plan and grocery list… the delivery of purged clothes to the thrift store… and maybe test drive a new flavor of nail polish… What are you tackling today? How do you reward yourself for completing a long “to do” list?

That’d be me… Who runs through Mama’s garden while the sprinkler is on? That’d be my dog… Who stops the car to take crappy cell phone pictures of their handsome, hard workin, pink cement throwing, stud muffin husband in a white tshirt and jeans for their new desktop photo? Yeah… That’d be me… … What [...]

I have been trying to write these words for months. We are four months into our new home and finally unpacked. We are six months into adjusting to life ‘back in the States’ after four years in Germany. We are ten months into adjusting to life as a family after Seth’s fourth deployment. That last [...]

What the heck is she talking about? Stay with me for a second. (Apologies to my male readers – this may be a little out there for you.) Just think about this for a minute – Isn’t pre-deployment kinda like being pregnant? The day you find out your pregnant, everything changes right? Just like the [...]

First things first. Confession: I spent an entire day in our closet/ bathroom. Yeah – Like, it was my husband’s day off and I said “Babe, I want to be in our room ALL DAY today.” He kinda smiled at me funny for a minute – Oh really? I had a 5 second delay… Then [...]

It was one of those rare conversations with my mom that lasted more than a 15 minute check in, how ya doin, kids ok, love you, have a great day, byebye.  She is an emergency room nurse with a wacky rotating schedule and with three kids at home, sometimes I feel like my schedule is [...]

Living in Germany, planning for rain was almost part of everyday life. I had umbrellas by my front door, in the van, and even a small one for my market basket. But here in El Paso it rains so rarely, it compels me to stop what I’m doing to step onto our back porch and [...]

Not that long ago, my day began with the sound of a whispery little boy voice… Mama – Is it the first day of school yet? No darlin. It is still 10 more days until the first day of school… I had no idea our middle child would make this into a regular thing… Mama? [...]

I’ve always said that moving is a 6 month process.  Especially when it’s an overseas move. There is a two month prequel of scheduling appoints, supervising movers, and clearing. Then there is the part where you say goodbye to the place you’ve called home, goodbye to dear friends who are your adopted family, and begin your journey [...]