Sometimes, the best thing we need is to just let go…to unleash…to escape who we are. When I was growing up, I didn’t often feel like I fit in too much.  I was quiet…I was introverted…I was self-conscious.  But on Halloween…I was just like everyone else.  On Halloween…we were all figures hovering in the shadows.  […]

I was at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago when this lovely older lady – waiting behind me in line – began to reminisce about all of her parenting days gone by.  She looked at me…she looked at my kids…then she stared me straight in the face and said “make sure you love every precious […]

July 2nd, 2009 was the day that I found out that I was pregnant with our son. But as some of you may or may not know…that wasn’t the first time that I was pregnant. About eight months earlier, on a blustery December morning just before Christmas, I crawled into bed and told Steve that […]

It’s almost dark outside right now!  I’m at Starbucks drinking one of their new salted caramel mochas {fyi – delicious!} and realizing that it’s been a while since I’ve sat in Starbucks at night.  When I left the house, Hudson and Steve were holding hands walking down the street towards the park and I seriously […]