Tonight at bedtime Sophie started narrating everything she was doing in the third person. She’d been wandering about talking to herself for a while. That’s not unusual at all. But then she walked over toward the couch where we were...
Advent is here. Are you ready? I’m not. Once again the beginning of the liturgical year finds me woefully unprepared. There are those who are planners and preparers and those of us who aren’t. If you’ve got all your stuff together...
Jennifer didn’t host quick takes on Friday; but I’ve got a backlog of them saved up from the past two weeks and don’t want to wait until next Friday. So here goes: my occasional foray into recording those little moments that I...
The children all have a cold. Nothing major, just coughs and runny noses. Still, the girls were up just about every hour last night, coughing and crying. Bella would wander in moaning, “Sophie’s crying and I can’t sleep!”...
The kids’ table. I hope all of you had a blessed day full of family and food and fun. Holding my sweet niece, Zelie. Isn’t she a doll? Sweet Sophie loved Auntie Carol’s chocolate mousse. (So did Ben and I!) I was very grateful that...
Sophie can be a very stubborn two year-old and trying to cope with her whims can be incredibly frustrating. Recently I’ve rediscovered the power of redirection as a parenting tool. In this case, though, the redirection is less about refocusing...
In the past few days I’ve seen what seems like a spate of articles and blog posts about the horrors of the internet and social media (somehow this has to happen at lest once a year or so) and how it’s destroying the fabric of modern...
This week Betty Beguiles is soliciting stories from her readers to keep herself entertained as she unpacks in her new (rat free!!!!) home and to satisfy her unquenchable thirst for romance: So, tell me… How did you and your significant other...
Every once in a while Bella and I (and sometimes Sophie too) watch You Tube videos of music as part of an ongoing, very informal music appreciation study. This includes folk, choral and orchestral pieces. Really anything I can find that shows good...
Amazing how a little sun and warmer weather can brighten your mood. Yesterday morning the house was a wreck; but the sun was out and the weather was mild and my sister had the day off. Housework can wait. “Let’s go for a drive,” I...
