I loved the early years of motherhood, the snuggly, baby-wearing years filled with firsts and discovery. At times, I miss the kids’ chubby baby legs...

I can’t believe Christmas is only a few sleeps away already. I’ll be taking a break from this space to enjoy the holiday season with...

It has rained for days now. A cold, relentless rain. I look toward our cactus still propped on our outdoor table, now hunched over like an...

  Rest and be thankful. ― William Wordsworth Sometimes I think about the early days of our family, when we’d harness babies to our bodies and...

(photo credit: Kristen | Fidelis Studio) Every other year after age 5, we give each of our kiddos the option of a birthday gift or...

When I got to New Mexico that was mine. As soon as I saw it that was my country. I’d never seen anything like it...

“This is not our home,” Mark told the kids, pointing to the house we’d lived in the last seven years — the only house they...

As infants and young toddlers you began categorizing the world and the relationships around you. “Say mama” or “say dada” we would chime in the...

there is a day when the road neither comes nor goes, and the way is not a way but a place. -wendell berry We have...

You need something to open up a new door To show you something you seen before But overlooked a hundred times or more You need...