For the past couple years, our daughters have asked to get their ears pierced. To them, two tiny holes represented independence, courage, beauty, and maturity. Pierced ears meant growing up. Like most rites of passage, we couldn’t really assign an age to when they would be ready. Pierced ears were much more about maturity than...Continue Reading
For the Friends and Family of Matt Stefan….. I haven’t met lots of you, but I’ve read your Facebook posts these past few days. Thank you for sharing your love for Matt, your raw shock over his death, and where you’re finding your hope. I’m shocked too. I can hardly believe Matt is gone. We...Continue Reading
Behind every five-year-old in America is a mom struggling with the question of whether or not her kid should repeat Kindergarten. Five minutes into a conversation with another parent of my generation and we will talk about this topic. Chances are this other mom’s child will have repeated Kindergarten and she will claim it as...Continue Reading
The kids and I have spent the first two weeks of the summer in the Memorial area, where we used to live. Everyday I dropped them off at camp at Christ Memorial Lutheran and then worked on my book in a Starbucks. The Memorial area is also called the Energy Corridor, which is where most...Continue Reading
Writing and I recently hit a rough patch. Our break-up story was typical. I got busier and busier. In retaliation, Writing became its difficult self. We stopped spending time together. I didn’t feel like dealing with the issues Writing was giving me, and it didn’t feel like making anything easy on me. Pretty soon, spending...Continue Reading
So far, summer in our corner of the world has been busy. The kids are in a camp at our old church. I’m working on my book at different Starbucks across Houston, while they are jumping into waterslides, songs about Jesus, craft projects, and the sno-cone truck that stops by the church. Hands down, the...Continue Reading
We are having one of those weeks that can only be described as a Hot Mess. The kids have all been sick with a lingering virus and nasty cough. They’re also finishing up the school year, so they’re emotional and transitioning. And we all know ugly transitioning is. The weather has been rainy. The moods...Continue Reading
It’s almost a given that middle-aged suburban moms want to buy a few acres in the country and live off the land. Seriously. Every mom friend I know mentions some kind of fantasy that looks a lot like this: Live in the country on a couple acres that are both really secluded and close to...Continue Reading
Looking back, the 2013-2014 school year was the busiest one ever for our family. And one of the most eventful. Catie moved to Westlake, Nate started Preschool, I started a school Newspaper, we went to Galveston most weekends, the kids did more activities and sports than ever before, and we (pretty much) LOVED it all....Continue Reading
Last year at this time we were buying a house at the beach, and I was scared to death. Even as we were signing the papers, I wasn’t completely sure a vacation home was such a good idea for us. While I was also excited and determined to make this longtime dream a success, the house...Continue Reading
