Well, we’ve entered the final year of having “little kids.” The twins are 12 today, and I can’t help but think about the song my dad loved “Turn, Turn, Turn” by the Byrds (also based on the verses in Ecclesiastes 3): To everything (Turn, turn, turn)There is a season (Turn, turn, turn)And a time ... Read More about To Every Season
2:20 AM
As I stumbled back upstairs from letting the dog out deep in the middle of the night, I noted the time: 2:20 AM So 17 years ago, at 2:20 AM, we had our Amelia Jane. I stopped in my semi-asleep stupor and thought back to that morning all those years ago and had to marvel at how far we’d ... Read More about 2:20 AM
Memorial Day
20 years ago, we moved into this house. While our team (Joe, my dad, our contractors, and lots of family members) had been working on it since January, Memorial Day weekend marked that the farmhouse was ready for our family to move in. I’m sitting on the front porch of that house on a weekend ... Read More about Memorial Day
Permission to Celebrate
Jack’s birthday is today. May 19 is a big day for our big guy, but he has to often to share it with everything from his sister’s state track meet to his own 8th grade promotion to late spring planting and heat checking cows. A spring birthday needs to be flexible in its celebration timing, and ... Read More about Permission to Celebrate
Clear and Cloudy
Our daughter is 21 today. And no, the title is not suggestive of the fun to be had at this age. Get your mind right, this is a MOM blog! As I scrolled way back through the memories on my social media from March 2nds shared, there are so many pictures and comments that are as clear in my mind’s ... Read More about Clear and Cloudy