peeps. tribe. folk. brood. (I like that one) brood. You with me?? I’m referring to family. The sisters and I spent much of the day at the hospital rallying around some of our kin because in this family, that’s what we do. When my first cousin had her first munchkin’ who is almost two decades…
they swept the leaves off, I swiped down the cobwebs and lastly we checked for critters that may have homesteaded underneath before we wheeled the ol’ treadmill in from the porch. The boys cranked it up and let it purr a few minutes while I threw myself a pep rally in my closet. Three years…
“we’re havin’ a heatwave, a tropical heatwave…” is what we were singin’ yesterday in our best Walter Matthau voice ..You know, from the movie Grumpy Old Men? We love that movie but even more than we love that movie we loved that it was in the 50s yesterday and we could STAY OUTSIDE!!!!!!!! Can I get…
absolute darkness. black as an ace of spade. non-responsive. a few descriptive phrases that best depict the current state of my iPhone4S. It’s my fault. Hi, I’m Karmen. I’m an irresponsible phone owner. Just ask my family and friends or anyone else that has ever made an attempt to reach me. I’ve dropped it a…
Even on my best day I’m just an “ok” home school mom. Although, I’m not sure what a “GREAT” home school mom looks like…In my mind: she gets up, has her quiet time, exercises, prepares breakfast, throws in a load of laundry, makes the bed, wakes the littles, feeds the littles, tidies breakfast, kisses the…
So here’s the deal. Parenting is hard. I’ve never been a momma before. I mess up and lose my cool and “roar like a lion” as one so politely told me at bedtime last night. Thankfully there is grace. What’s even greater- His grace is new each morning. *********************** Had a good talk with one…