Every now and then I have found myself in a relationship that stopped working for me but for the sake of members of my family I have continued to keep the offending party in my life. I’ll look to see what these relationships can teach me, see where I’m at fault, and do my best to change. But today I have come to the realization that there are some things that just can’t be … [Read more...]
Meet my teacher…the dishwasher!
Can you learn from a kitchen appliance? I imagine most people would laugh at this question. After all it is just an appliance. That is of course unless it's my possessed dishwasher, then you can learn an awful lot.I realized this last year when it occurred to me that it had been a year since the dishwasher and I met and my lessons began. Now with the dishwasher and I coming up … [Read more...]
The Little Girl Who Roared
Today my family and I went to buy some apples at the local apple orchard. On first glance I'm sure we looked like just any other suburban family out on a beautiful fall Sunday. Unless you were to hear our daughter roaring. Yes, today Lizzy has decided that she is a tiger. She was also cracking herself up. We are not quite sure what was making her laugh but when she is … [Read more...]
Daddy’s Girl
Growing up this backyard was my playground. It was also the site of many arguments over the weekly torture exercise my dad would put my sisters and I through, otherwise knows as mowing the lawn.Being a girl was no excuse. And my mother was of no help since she frequently told us how she mowed the lawn even when she was nine months pregnant with each one of us. My sisters and I … [Read more...]
Oh Happy Day
Earlier this week I was going through Facebook when I saw a post that made me smile and laugh. It was a picture of a mom jumping for joy. In front of her were three little boys sporting the most pitiful looks on their faces. They were all dressed for the first day of school, with their freshly laundered shirts and new backpacks in tow. The caption on the bottom read: First Day … [Read more...]
