House of DreamsI am TERRIBLE at follow through. I used to be a lot worse, especially before having kids. I love to brainstorm and schedule and write long lists and dream up new hobbies and…and…and…and…. But then I lose the motivation. Sometimes the anticipation is more fun than all the work it might take to do the […]
It’s been almost a month since my kids have been out of school. For years I’ve been dreaming up ideas of how to structure our summer so I don’t lose my ever loving mind. I tend to get as far as making a giant bucket list and then end up completely forgetting about it. Summer […]
Do You Remember Who You Were and Who You Wanted to Be? I have been cleaning and organizing my home office…my study? Room where I can go and leave my mess out without kids getting into it? You know what I mean. Anyway, while cleaning I found a slip of paper from college. It was […]
Today my two year-old tried to help me put the groceries away. And by tried, I mean she dumped a pack of blueberries and then chucked a carton of eggs to the floor with such force that half of the eggs broke. My toddler looked innocently at us like, “Ok, what else do you want […]
I’ve heard Shauna Niequist and Jen Hatmaker say before that good writers need to be in the habit of reading. Before writing the blog entry High Dive, I hadn’t written anything in MONTHS. But I had been reading…a lot. The Anne of Green Gables series, specifically Anne’s House of Dreams and Anne of Ingleside, inspired […]
House of Dreams