Music to my ears

I have another New York post or two coming soon, but first I’d like to serenade you with these wonderful words from Kyle, spoken matter-of-factly: “There’s a Carter’s outlet beside my hotel, so I got Owen something. There’s a Children’s Place, too, but they didn’t really have anything I liked.” Kyle (who I’m sure is [...]

Revelation

Grace 15 Some may say this is a no-brainer, but I don’t think it’s possible to feel more purely, wholly loved than when your little 5-month-old looks you in the eyes. Owen doesn’t know anything about me. He doesn’t know my strengths and weaknesses, so he isn’t basing his love off of anything I’ve ever [...]

Catching up

OK, so hopefully the point of this exercise is to reflect positively on every day and not actually POST every day. I’m playing catch-up, but at least I’m catching up. Grace 5 (Monday) Able to spend a lovely Monday afternoon working in a garden and greenhouse, pushing wheelbarrows, shoveling compost and transplanting herbs. (I liked [...]

Guest Post from Kyle

I promised Amy I would make a guest blog post if she ever reached a certain number of pageviews in one day. At the time, she was getting about -1 pageviews a day and I felt safe. I knew better though, because when Amy gets some sort of goal in her head, she tirelessly works [...]