// Just Your Average Wednesday //

Each and every school day, each one of your kids comes home with several, and I mean several, very important papers. Pieces of artwork, stories they wrote in their English class, models of Jesus’ tomb, pieces of flint from the playground, notes from their friends, etc. etc. Each is the expression of their beautiful minds…

There is no mute button in life – or even anything close. No way to turn the noise down, no way to press pause. When you’re the Mom, and your kids need you – they need you -and they aren’t afraid to tell you. Over, and over, and over. You’re in the grocery store, and…

Laundry. So much laundry. Like I tell my kids all the time, it’s almost like their socks have babies every time they put them in the hampers. With each member of our family going to school or work, working out or playing a sport, and putting something cozy on each day, that adds up to…

It was another day of Summer vacation. Like clockwork (why does this always happen on the weekend or on vacation days!?!), the kids woke up waaaaay too early, and were begging for breakfast before my eyes were even close to being fully open. Empty dishwasher. Cut fruit.  Cook eggs. Put dishes in dishwasher. Groundhog morning…

THREE BOYS. I really never in my life thought I would be the mother of three boys. Crazy, right?!? Especially after having a daughter first, it seemed improbable that our next three children would all be the same sex…and, here we are! I love my guys, but, let’s be honest, Grace and I are decisively…