make room for space

by | Nov 19, 2008 | imperfection

The restaurant was only half full but the table was crowded: five adults and four children gathered around two squares pulled together with plates and food and napkins piled high.The Man and his brother had gone to get the drinks and found us all settled in our seats...

freedom for the un-scrapbooker

by | Nov 17, 2008 | family, motherhood, photography

I love to take photos. I love to look at photos. But I can’t manage to get a single scrapbook finished.I have tried to be a scrapbooker. Oh, how I have tried. I went through a scrapbooking phase when I was pregnant with our third child. It lasted about as long...

just tell it.

by | Nov 14, 2008 | story

Everyone has a story.Every story is important.Just because you can’t tell it perfectly doesn’t mean you shouldn’t tell it at all.Just because it may have already been said doesn’t mean you shouldn’t say it, too.Just because you...

when play becomes work

by | Nov 13, 2008 | family

When, exactly, did play become work?I remember playing with Barbies in the summertime for entire days, stopping only to eat and use the bathroom. Our Barbies would go through high school, fall in love, get married and have babies all in the course of one long, Indiana...

brainlessness

by | Nov 11, 2008 | family

This morning, my daughter was watching me put laundry in the washing machine and she curiously asked: Where is that water coming from?The following is my brilliant and attentive answer: Well, it’s the washer and that’s just how it’s made and...