Photo: Resolution #2. It’s written on a small piece of paper and tucked into a small envelope, which envelope is now tucked inside my journal. That’s where I’ll see it everyday. My 2013 was much like my 2003. In 2003 I started junior high – a clean, 7th-grader-canvas with a…
View PostHer bonafide scowl. It (obviously) came out in full force the other day while we were walking around – something we’re doing a lot of lately. No fabulous person or thing in this world could have eeked a smile out of her. That scowl has been making its appearance so often…
View PostMan. Wasn’t Thanksgiving two days ago? Hello, December 4 (I can just feel how quickly this month will pass by)! The snow here is unbelievable, and yet so believable for Utah. Winter’s story was the same last year: there once was a sunny November, and then bam! December came, a chilly month…
View PostSo I’ve been stuck between a rock and hard place. I’ve been here before, but this time I’ve felt really stuck. Stuck between focusing on myself and focusing on Olivia. Mothering is hard and mostly for that reason, I’d say. I mean, I spent the last 10 years of my…
View PostI tell you, Olivia has this sitting thing going on. As much as she runs around, falls down, and jumps back up, that girl sits in her spots. Spot #1 is on Dad’s trumpet case, tucked in the corner of our living room (fact to be continued…). Spot #2 is…
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