Colin and I were on a date. Everyone else had plans or meetings, so the three year old was stuck home with Momma once again. I decided tha...

I'm not sure how to celebrate a birthday when you aren't here to actually turn another year older. Cupcakes with big piles of uns...

Dear Mallory, Today, you turn 17. It's a magical age. You are so close to being an adult, but yet you still get to claim childhood. Fo...

Something spectacular happened today. LympheDIVAs released a new line of sleeves in memory of Susan. They are sleeves designed using image...

Here it is. The last hoorah of my 30's. I told Kevin tonight that I was feeling introspective about it, and he thought I meant I was reg...

Almost a year ago, I stopped coloring my hair. It was partly an "I-don't-give-a-shit" decision, and partly an "I'm-lu...

We got the best news yesterday. For months now, I've been trying to ready myself and my attitude for sending Christopher to our base s...

Maybe I've told this story before, maybe not. As Christopher's birthday cupcakes sit baking in the oven, I can't help but tell i...

The day comes closer. It's just another day. The day before my daddy will have been gone for two years. It's the day you will have...

The therapy. It is tough. I'm often left all thought out, cried out, and tired out before I can open this page and begin to write. But...

I'm not going to lie. 2012 sucked giant donkey balls. 2011 wasn't that much better. Declaring that 2013 is going to be better jus...

Just in case the world doesn't end tomorrow, I went ahead and had my mammogram today. It's been a few years since I've had one. ...

Each December, the children at Arts Together put on a brilliant production of The Nutcracker. A little spontaneous at times, and a little ab...

He slips into my room in the middle of the night. Or in the very early morning. Either way you look at it, I'm still in a deep sleep. ...

I would blog, but there's a snoring dog on my lap. There is one thing I can say though, I've been wearing teal mascara this week. ...

Can I just say that the Listen to Your Mother: Raleigh-Durham show is going to be fantastic? We just finished a webinar (a word I did not ma...

I'm petering out on the whole posting everyday in November. It's just not in me anymore. There is plenty I have spinning around in m...

So. Your wife is a blogger and you find yourself having no earthly idea what to get her for Christmas or Hanukkah this year? I am here to ma...

It's time for Sunday bullets! Yay! Easy blogging! Thanksgiving was awesome. It makes me feel so wonderful to have friends who will sp...

Oh, hi. I totally forgot about the blog. What with the sick kids, the Thanksgiving dinner, and the sick mama today. Throw in several Christm...