It's the part of February that I hate: the intermediate space between the holidays (even if we're counting the Hallmark holiday of V...

Each month, my good friend and fabulous blogger Kathy Benson, who writes (among other places!) at Bereaved and Blessed hosts a blog hop an...

I can't remember exactly how the conversation started.  We were eating dinner together, my kids and I; S. was at an important dinner mee...

Well, it's done.  Cat's out of the bag.  Everyone knows; I told my boss, and then I made it facebook-official.  It's just easie...

It sounds like winter here right now. The house is almost silent; outside I hear the occasional tinkling of chimes as the wind blows, but th...

There are precious few quiet weekends in our house, these days. Between work, and the seemingly endless string of birthday parties (Ian is m...