I was given a great opportunity to bond with my nephews a few weeks ago while my brother and dear sister in law drove off into the sunset... the Colorado sunset... without me...(not bitter). Due to the fact that I am currently working just one day a week, I was able to watch the boys at their own home which was less stressful for everyone involved. You are familiar with these two munchkins, you … [Read more...]
Life with Bear didn't prepare me for an adventuresome [read: crazy] toddler like Bug. We went on a hike the other day while Bear was at therapy. He left the trail quickly and tramped through the woods when he heard the sound of running water. He scrambled down an embankment taller than him and found rocks as big as his head to throw into the water. I watched as he became bolder and bolder- and … [Read more...]
If you haven't read the introduction to this series, please read it here. ********** As I sit in a local coffee shop waiting for my dear husband and talented barista to close up for the night and take me home (where a horse of a dog and piles of laundry patiently await my attention), I must confess: I have an ulterior motive in writing my first of four entries this month. My goal – as … [Read more...]
Love..... such a word in our culture. Often it is just that, a word. In the same breath that we say we have the deepest and most adoring love for someone we also so passionately proclaim the love we have for the new Taco Bell Doritos taco. We are not only a culture that doesn't understand true love but we don't even have the words in our language to begin to understand it. While you … [Read more...]
