I am not a frilly gal. I don’t spend much on hair products, clothes, or handbags, so I guess this is my guilty pleasure, my splurge. 

Life is hard right now. I am trying to control uncontrollables, and I know it’s a good use of time and energy (haha). I am spinning around in my head at all hours of the day and night. Now, you may be asking if I am practicing self-care, and the truth is, to some degree,…

This has become a regular affair and after daily visits this summer, I have named him.  What mom isn’t going to name a sweet baby who shows up on their porch and obviously wants to be adopted?  His name is Herman and before you ask, no, I have not been feeding him.  I want to.  Shoot, I want to invite him in and give him his own bedroom.

This summer has been equal parts blur and slow motion. Time and how we experience it are weird that way. As we know, time passes the same way all the time, yet our perception of it can be dramatically different from moment to moment.  For me, it’s been far more elastic than usual. There have…

Two weeks after Reese graduated from Colorado State we took a trip of a lifetime with our kids.  We have been talking about taking a trip overseas with the whole fam for a few years and this year, we finally made it happen.  We all met in London since we were departing on different days…