Sleep Overs and Stuff

“Nothing good happens after midnight,” a friend said to me one time. We were discussing kids having sleep overs and what … More

Wish

I wish you could see… I wish you could see what he’s like when no one is around, when no … More

Hannah eyeing the pregnant lady in the lounge chair, we made our way over to a shaded table to plunk … More

We always say it’s not going to happen. We’ll be there for each other, even after they move. Or we … More

“Hey Hannah,” I said, motioning her over to her Easter basket loot. “Do you remember eating these?” I asked, pointing … More

Eric and I have a commonly repeated conversation, usually while driving. It goes something like this,

I remember writing about solo parenting many times throughout the last deployment. Reading many parenting blogs, military support websites and … More

Navigating this deployment with kids old enough to comprehend time and distance more than they did the last time around, … More

Inhaling his scent, hair sweaty from fever-soaked sleep, it was clear that I would be scrapping errands and instead caring … More

Authenticity, radical honesty, and simply put in the author’s own word: brutiful – Glennon Doyle Melton’s Love Warrior is sitting with … More