I first began blogging several years ago as a way to share our family with close friends and family not living near us. After having Olive,...

  “a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam: a few months ago, he gently reminded someone making a racial comment, “I...

As a parent, some days seem impossible. My children whine and bicker with one another and with me, refusing generosity and kind words for that...

I have always loved white. My family regularly teases me about it, but I adore how white draws attention away from itself to the details...

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ― Mary Oliver, Something I’ve been thinking about this poem lately, a timely reminder for...

“a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam: speaks like an adult, plays like a little boy burke: started his first basketball...

How do you manage four different children’s educations when they are all at different levels? Truly? Tons of grace and flexibility. Since I wasn’t homeschooled...

Although beginnings happen in small ways everyday, from our morning routines to new relationships and jobs and homes, this is the season we celebrate them,...

  “a portrait a week of each of my children in 2014” liam: one of his new favorite things is to eat breakfast in his...

Honestly, I haven’t always loved the morning. My body and mind seem to move in half-time, fumbling for order with garbled words and hair and...