Tending the Home Fires

Although I've shared the journal I kept in the months following Matthias' death , I realize many of you may not know Matthias' s...

I've been working on this for a while and just wanted to share it now. I'm hoping to make one for each of the kids' first year....

As our school year gets under way along with the activities and commitments that brings with it, time for blogging is seriously lacking. So...

Last night as we were sitting at the table eating dinner (turkey burgers and fruit), Richard choked on his food. Choked as in couldn't ...

Last week as Moses was running through the kitchen, he tripped on nothing and fell right onto the open baby gate's bottom latch. It...

We've been up at my parent's farm in Wisconsin for most of the week and will be heading up there again on Friday. They're gettin...

Sometimes you have to be the baby princess who sleeps in the doll bed.

bucket baby n. 1. a foal or calf nursed by hand; 2. an infant perceived to spend an excessive amount of time in a portable car seat. P...

Thank you, dear friends, for your words of love, for remembering Matthias, for grieving with me during the past days. I have been comforte...