laughing my abs off

i'm reading a book called "Protecting the Gift" by gavin debecker. i saw it recommended on some parenting page and thought i...

this post is not going to be entertaining and you will not leave here laughing your abs off. if you're not in the mood for some raw ...

when i was a junior in high school, my whole family (consisting of 2 parents, 2 teenagers and 2 toddlers) took a month long drive from our h...

my husband & i are only about 2 weeks from our 13th anniversary and i was thinking i'd save this post til then, but we're moving...

this day has been a long time coming and while i'm relieved that it's over, my heart feels so sad that it's here. today my par...

this is going to be a dark one with maybe a few funnies tucked in around the edges. abandon ship if you're not up for it. when chris ...

a bloggy friend of mine posted the other day asking, "how long will you blog?" i'd never before thought of putting a time lim...

today was one of "those" days. you know the kind - where you wake up & there are grumpy vibes coming from everywhere. the firs...

sometimes, i really miss smoking. i smoked cigarettes on & off from the time i was 20 till i was 33. i quit lots of times, including whe...

today brooke & i went out front to visit with our kitties & i noticed her looking out toward the road. she said, "mom, what cat...

i think it's great when churches can attract people of varying nationalities, wallet size & lifestyle. i think everyone should feel ...

there are days when being brooke's mom leaves me feeling like i'm drowning. or like i'm on another planet where the creatures ar...

sometimes my guts hurt from parenting brooke. she can be the most absurdly challenging human being i've ever met. school especially seem...

today, as usual, brooke spent her day running around the house in a costume. she was a dog, which usually consists of some odd combination o...