There are so many things I want to change in my life right now. Not the big stuff…I’m not going to change religions, leave my family, and head off to Borneo. It’s the little things…making the girls’ lunches the night before, finding some devotional time that’s not peppered with incessant questions from everyone in my […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Mardi Gras is a pretty big deal around here. This year, we had a lot going on and didn’t make it to any parades except for this one at Abigail’s preschool. It was supposed to be in front of the community center, but the weather was rough, so we had it in our newly re-opened […]
I woke up suddenly at 3:00 a.m., a full hour before my alarm was set to annoy me with its chirping. I tried to figure out which of my senses was responsible for my jolted awakening. I could hear Ella Bella, our sheltie, tippy tapping across the kitchen floor and then her quiet whine begging […]
Tonight, Steve and the girls and I are going to watch The Miracle Worker. You remember the movie, don’t you? The one about Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller with the climatic scene at the pump. W*A*T*E*R. Gracie has an obsession with Helen Keller. She read her first Helen Keller biography when she was in […]
This winter has been unbelievably mild. Granted, it’s not like we have harsh winters here anyway, but even by our standards, we’ve had unseasonably warm weather. Right now, I’m sitting on the couch with the doors open and the sun streaming through the windows. We’ve had a day or two of sub-sixty degree weather, […]