It is rarely quiet in our house. The only time complete silence prevails is on weekend mornings, when everyone is still asleep. I try to steal moments here and there of “quiet”, however there is usually some kind of background noise. The t.v., a video game, someone talking or laughing. I sit in the reading…
Saved by the Dog
He has no idea what is going on right now. He doesn’t know hours or time or much of anything really, except that his humans and bacon mean a lot to him. We are home with him MUCH more than we were before, except for his “dad”, who works from home anyway. He sleeps at…
Zoom to 16
The moment I found out I was pregnant with my first child I was very excited to fill my mind full of baby knowledge. I purchased and read all the books. Okay, obviously not ALL of them, but it felt like it. I also kept a detailed calendar notebook that I found at the bookstore…
HOME
When I was a child and we would return home from vacation, I would shut my eyes really tight and take a deep breath as we rounded the corner on our street, to reveal our house. Every time we left and came back I had this fear of our house burning down while we were…
Grateful at 45
I am sitting in my dining room typing this. The girls are in one room, playing with LEGO, which they had long abandoned, but decided to resurrect during their break from our haphazard homeschooling. The boys are doing school work or watching YouTube and/or still sleeping. My husband is on a work call in his…
Where a Kid Can Be a Kid #ad
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Chuck E. Cheese’s. The opinions and text are all mine. We only went to Chuck E. Cheese a few times when I was a kid. Each time we went it was such a treat to eat pizza, play games and get prizes! However, once…
Out of the Cocoon
My belly was getting close to touching the steering wheel. Recently I had cut my hair fairly short because being pregnant during a Texas summer is no joke. I was driving to my new home, with my mother-in-law in the passenger’s seat and my two little boys in the back, with the eldest’s beloved hamster…
Beyond All Understanding
The birds made noise above my head and I looked up to see one go inside the trunk of a large cedar tree. She wiggled her feathered body into a small hole where I assume her young were waiting for food. Not far away some of the children were laughing, I could hear their muffled…
Humbled
I have several memories of me laying on the long side of the sectional in my living room while someone brought me something. A meal or an ice pack. A glass of water or some sort of pill. An extra pillow or a t.v. remote. Some of the memories of people bringing food are a…
Routinely
I am an “everything has it’s place” kind of gal. The glasses in the cabinet have their specific spot, placed neatly next to each other. The coffee table books are angled on the coffee table just so, in a visually appealing stack. The pillows on the sofa go on the left and right corners, after…