“Mother, may I take three steps?” “Yes, you may take three baby steps” “Mother, may I take five steps?” Yes, you may take five froggy steps.” Did you play “Mother May I?” when you were younger? In the game you always have to ask the question and then the one at the finish line answers with the type…
Being a mom sometimes means you give up some things. Taking showers. Putting on real clothes. Make-up. Some days it just doesn’t happen. It might be 2:00 before I hop into the steamy quiet. As mothers, we give up fitting into those jeans from college. We forgo reading a good book. Our neat and tidy house is…
As a young girl I read all of the Anne Frankish books in our library. I started journaling at age thirteen. When I moved out of my parent’s house at twenty-two I took with me an Avon box full of 70-page lined spiral notebooks. I suppose there were over twenty notebooks filled with the thoughts and…
I hope your weekend was well. Are you ready for another book review? This book I read on the way to China. That first fourteen hour flight was rough, but totally doable with my kindle, some snacks, and a little travel pillow. (The return trip with a screaming 2-year-old, not so much). I know…