So, my mom gave me a nice reality check yesterday. I originally started this blog to share news about my family and post pictures. She asked for more photos of Ella, so here's some from the other night.We bought a box of baby wipes Saturday and Ella desperately wanted to carry it … [Read more...]
Good News
So, I clicked on a link to an article on marriage this morning, and was pleasantly suprised to read the following about divorce rates: "At last count, America's divorce rate had fallen to 36%, it's lowest level since 1970. That's because, on the whole, most of us like being … [Read more...]
The Wallpaper Pledge
Tonight I pledge to never, ever put up wallpaper. Dan helped me begin the tedious job of removing the 40 year-old avocado green, fuzzy wallpaper from our entry wall this past week. Amazingly, we've managed to remove the hideous paper using water, a power sprayer, scrapers, and … [Read more...]
Maybe it’s Just Too Personal…
After reflecting on the comments on my last post and thinking things over, a new perspective came to me. Maybe it's not that the art of dialogue is gone, but just that some things are too personal, some choices are too close to home, to talk objectively about. I've come to the … [Read more...]
The Art of Dialogue
I met two new moms at the pool together last week and ended up talking with them for quite some time. They were clearly great friends and it came up in conversation that one mom home schooled her son and the other sent her kids to public school. In the course of our conversation, … [Read more...]
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