Where to Draw the Line with Kids

The other morning Tucker came downstairs with a handle bar mustache and a goatee drawn in magic marker on his face. “I don’t know how I do that in my sleep Mama,” he innocently stated and I looked over at Brevitt who was giving me his huge mischievous smile. Somehow he had convinced his little brother...

What Would We Do Without Our Friends?

I was sitting at my desk numbly staring at my computer screen trying to break my way through the hump I was in when Wade came in and dumped the mail onto my desk. Sticking out in the middle of the mundane pile of bills and catalogs was a small blue envelope addressed to me. My heart fluttered as it always...

Leave the Siblings Behind

Many of us have discovered that children need time alone with their parents without their siblings vying for attention.  Call me overly sensitive or a softy but I have yet to have a day or night out with just one child, other than on Outdoor Ed trips. As soon as I mention the idea I am met with tears and...

Carpe Diem – Living Every Day To Its Fullest

Hugging and kissing my boys good night at the end of the day, I soak up their scent and the warmness of their ever changing bodies. Brevitt begs me to stay with him until he falls asleep. With all the horrible images he has stored in his mind from the newspapers, he is afraid of somebody bombing our...