Waking Up to Joy
The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button. — Brené Brown My latest wake-up call was brought to me by my almost 13-year-old nephew […]
Category Archives: In This Together
How to Love a Foster Parent
If you’re reading this, chances are you are either a foster parent or you know a foster parent. Many of the people in a foster parent’s life want to show […]
Sweating, Gasping, and Teaching Life Lessons
I worked out in front of my girls today. I didn’t want to exercise at all. It was after 5:00 pm, I was tired, the house was warm, the girls […]
Not Just Another Mommy Blog (I Hope)
I’ve been fighting the transition for weeks. The first whisper of it came mid-March and I ignored it. I avoided writing in this space because for me writing is an […]
Leah & Brian’s After School Special: Parents Are People, Too
Brian and I are tired. Beyond the normal responsibilities of adulthood and parenting, we’ve been taxed by the additional duties of working through grief and trying to adopt our girls. Add in […]
Life After Death
Today would have been my dad’s 59th birthday. I went to the zoo this afternoon to celebrate the first of his birthdays without him. My dad didn’t particularly like zoos […]
Celebrating Firsts
Because our girls were a teen and tween when they came to us, we’ve missed many of their firsts. First tooth, first word, first step, first scraped knee and all-better […]
Yet Another Snow Day…
This morning began with a family walk around the neighborhood since the girls had a snow day. Snow days meant next to nothing to us before we had kids, especially […]
Parenting With Cookies
Shortly after the girls arrived, we discovered they’d never eaten any Girl Scout cookies. I remember us both recoiling in mock horror and telling them we’d make sure they tried […]
Fun at Double Blessing Farm
If every person in the world had friends like my friends Rachel and John, every person in the world would be a happier, better person. We took a trip to […]
Parrot & Ox 