When we first married, he never did this and I was so impressed. After all, he had been raised with 2 brothers and no sisters. Later in our marriage, it only happened occasionally. It was usually when he was distracted by stress or just simply busy. Recently however, I have come to accept that he […]

This is a first. I am literally blogging from Starbucks. I feel “cool” and “hip” and some other feelings that I am not used to feeling. Ask my teenager, I am sure she would not use the above words to describe her “old” mom. I am sipping a drink I can pronounce, but I have […]

I have dreaded this week for a long time. My last born, my baby starts kindergarten. With the way God spaced out my “babies” this is the first time in 16 years that I have not had a little at home with me. My “present tense” is definitely changing. Eliza has been my sidekick for […]