March 13, 2021 I’m Fine (don’t go deep) You know, someone says politely, “How are you today?” Preprogrammed for courtesy, we reply automatically, “I’m fine.” But are you really “fine?” Or does that really mean, “I’m hurting, but don’t ask?” In our society, it’s so easy to fall into the [...]
March 29, 2020 My Little Learner Our gym has an after-school program where our comfy vans pick up from several area schools and bring little athletes back to gym. They do gymnastics, crafts, eat snacks, and do homework. Thea and her other gym baby friend sometimes hang out there. Thea [...]
March 28, 2019 Movie Thoughts: Knowing The other night we had a movie night. This had to be something mostly family friendly because everyone was awake. Yes, even Thea was awake, but I’m sure she wasn’t paying attention to the movie just yet. See, maybe because I’m old, or a [...]
How Becky discovered gymnastics and is now motivated to workout for personal improvement! Mom is thankful for her fitness goals! [...]
How can splitting wood teach us about life? [...]
Some thoughts on how unique our biology is; we are each uniquely beautiful. [...]
June 13, 2017 Eggs of Giants One cool thing about keeping a flock of chickens (aside from the 5am alarms) is that they pop eggs out! Before we had chickens, I thought all eggs were white and exactly the same size and shape. With the first time our Buff Orpington [...]