Today was all about baking.  If I’m on some kind of serious baking deadline I have to kick everyone out of the kitchen so I can be more ef...

It hit me the other night as I was trying (unsuccessfully) to get to sleep that this was about the time I was originally expecting Ian home...

I think most of us, if pressed, would admit to having something we care about enough that it counts as an obsession.  Not necessarily to t...

When Aden was little, maybe right around when she turned three, she became very interested in making friends.  As our first born she didn’t...

That’s the name of our family card game:  Spite and Malice.  It’s one of those family traditions that’s so ingrained you sometimes fail to ...

I’ve written about my ambivalence for military themed holidays and flag waving before.  I worry about anything that glorifies war while a...

With the recent death of my grandmother I have a good excuse to be crying lately.  Although, honestly, things are already feeling a little ...