life’s simplest pleasures and life’s greatest joys : all hung from a clothesline.
Benjamin and I have taken great time and found so much joy in naming our children and with our Fifth Firecracker, who we found out in July would be a girl, we felt very much the same. The task however felt a bit more daunting this time. With our patterns, preferences, and intentionality we found […]
Thanksgiving 2011 is forever etched in my memory as the day we lost our Baby J. So much sorrow. Then strangely within just a month’s time we experienced overwhelming joy finding out about Cashel! I was torn. Celebrating, sharing our news, but internally still breaking. As I planned for the arrival of our first born […]
Lunchtime had arrived and I decided it was time to get out of bed and be a good parent. Truly I had been rolling in and out of bed all morning waffling between addressing needs of kids and justifying my “need to lay down.” When 1:00 hit I pulled myself together and yanked my sheets […]
Each of our boys have received their names in line with a tradition. Cashel Rock arrived first, almost five years ago. Camper Phog who’s name may be the most unusual was named oh so close to his due date. With Corban Hawk we had his name selected a few months ahead but I honestly thought […]