Today is Oscar’s 7th birthday. It’s also a Tuesday and we had a 3-hour school delay. Weekday birthdays are always weird because they fall somewhere in the middle of real life; not quite awesome but not quite normal either. When you are seven, though, a 3-hour delay and a pancake breakfast before school are a …
I don’t want to write. Maybe I want to write and I can’t find the words, or the time, or the energy to really form my thoughts. I have thoughts. I have a lot of thoughts. In fact, thinking thoughts is probably the number one use of my time at any given moment. Too many …
If you follow me on Instagram, you might notice that I am a little bit obsessed with Instagram. It’s my favorite social network and I just love looking at photos from all around the world, sharing my own and even leaving comments (yes really)! I was thinking over the weekend about what makes me really …
Oscar has two weeks left in his Kindergarten year. Looking back over the past 10 months, it’s incredible to see how much he has grown, how his skills have developed and friendships formed. One such friendship was with a sweet boy named Denny. Oscar was invited to Denny’s birthday party early in the school year …
In 1987, I was 9-years old. My sisters were just finishing high school and I had access to the best of the best of 80s culture, from movies to music to impossibly big hair. I don’t think I am alone in my love for the 80s even if I wasn’t exactly the typical angsty teen …
I’ve been a LEGO fan for as long as I can remember. My first set came in a big blue bucket with a classic brick shaped lid. It was a basic set full of primary-colored bricks. I’m not even sure if it came with instructions, but I spent hours and hours building things. I remember …
Master Yoda once said…… It’s a quote I think of often in my results-driven life. Sometimes it pushes me to do better and other times I feel defeated by my supposed lack of “do”. Everything I’ve always done has had a purpose. When I was younger I studied to get good grades. Then I got …
Good friends are hard to come by. I think that goes without saying. But good friends also seem to come and go in waves. Sometimes with certain phases of life I am thrown together with people who I then don’t see for months at a time. The best friends are the ones who can pick …
I am learning more about the love of Jesus from my 6-year old than I have in the past (almost) 37 years of life on this earth. During his bedtime prayers lately, he has been praying that Satan will change his mind again and follow Jesus. You guys. My 6-year old is praying for Satan’s …
It’s been a while since I was around my blogging buddies. Too long in fact. As someone who has been to many events and blogging conferences over the years, I’ve been seriously burned out in the past year or so. The thought of being “on” and buzzing about seemed like too much to handle; a …