embracing the now normal

by | Sep 22, 2010 | family

Every weekday morning, we get up and move through the lunch-making, hair-brushing, shoe-tying routine. Around 7:40, my girls and I set out into the cool morning air to meet our neighbors at the bottom of the hill, I in my tennis shoes holding steaming cup, the girls...

the tuesday

by | Sep 20, 2010 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

Here is the song that inspired, not only the name of this blog, but also the heart and intent behind Tuesdays Unwrapped. It is fitting that it is simply entitled Tuesday. Listen while you unwrap today? So today is our Tuesday. But I hope that the Tuesday heart is...

for women who work from home

by | Sep 20, 2010 | family

As I walked up the hill to our house this morning after taking the girls to school, I considered all the things I had to do today. Several of them were normal house-y things: grocery, laundry, dishes, call the tree guy, price the yard sale stuff. Others of them were...

everybody’s talking about stuff

by | Sep 17, 2010 | Home, imperfection

I am a sentimental stuff holder-onto-er. I attach value to inanimate objects, much more value than I should. And it’s kind of embarrassing to admit the twinge of fear I have in this process of going through and letting go. This summer while the kids were with my...

in the yard

by | Sep 16, 2010 | family, photography

The leaves haven’t changed yet around here. But soon. The kids’ feet are still running bare, but not for long. And the dog? He’s still a dog. The end.