Yearly Archives: 2015

We do life together. We parent together. We run together. We work together. We eat together. We sleep together (literally, we sleep in the same bed, so get your mind out of the gutter). But as I continue to age, she continues to mature. She continues to find herself, stretch herself, grow herself, become comfortable […]

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“I’m not ready to go home.” I wrote my sister in an email. “I understand”, she responded, “there’s just something about home.”  Last week our little family traded our country side view, cow neighbors, rolling hills, and Amish buggy-filled streets for the well manicured lawns, tree-lined streets, and slightly less rolling hills of my home […]

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Five years (and two days) ago I nervously wrote this post and stuck my toe into the scary waters of the blogosphere for the very first time. I remember so many details from that bright summer Saturday afternoon.  I remember the way the heat of suns bright rays burst through the living room window while I […]

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When we first learned that we were expecting our third child, I had a tiny little secret tucked inside of my heart.  Certainly, I couldn’t say it out loud. . .what would people think? The question came shortly after we announced that we were expecting Baby K #3, Are you hoping for a boy or […]

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Mommy, did you put creamer in my cereal?What?! I asked, appalled. Certainly I wouldn’t do such a thing. . . right? I looked at Chanelle and laughed, of course I didn’t!It doesn’t taste right, she told me. I reassured her, no Chanelle, I’m sure I didn’t put creamer in your cereal.   I reached down […]

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