Monthly Archives: January 2015

I am the middle child of three kids.  (Big sigh for the forgotten middle children.) My sister is four years younger than I am and my brother is two years older–identical to the age gap of Charlie, Chanelle, and Meadow.  My brother, sister and I had what I would call a “typical” sibling relationship.  You […]

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One of the first posts ever written in this blog was about him.  I knew I would write it even before I wrote it.  It came to me while I was on a morning run, thinking about life and processing how much our world had changed in a blink of an eye.  The post was […]

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This morning my sister and I were exchanging emails regarding an upcoming trip we are taking to Florida.  We are going down to visit my grandparents and introduce Meadow to them for the very first time.  I suspect that meeting Meadow will be an experience, because, well, Meadow is an experience. I digress. Ashley and […]

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The day begins in a mild form of chaos.  Not a loud, million voices, massive mess kind of chaos.  It’s a quieter chaos, the kind of chaos that comes with every parent who daily attempts to balance the life of self and the little ones for which they care.  It’s a silent chaos that echos […]

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I’ve been staring at a blank screen for well over an hour now.  Okay, I might be stretching the truth just a little.  It’s more like, stare at blank Blogger screen, look at other monitor refresh Facebook feed to see who is finishing their “school is canceled” status with thirteen exclamation marks and who is […]

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