SOLSC ~ 14/31 ~ Growing
Sometimes I wonder if we’re doing this whole parenting thing right. I worry about the inordinate amounts of screen time our kids get every so often. I overhear snarky comments and see mean streaks that stop me in my tracks. Considering their activities, it seems like we should be taking piano lessons or twirling in […]
SOLSC ~ 13/31 ~ Begin
Yesterday I watched in wonder and witnessed their curiosity. I simply sat back in awe of my front row seat into their amazing lives of infinite possibility. Today I vow to look closer love deeper laugh louder learn with patience and grace through failure. Tomorrow I will begin by greeting the day with hope that […]
SOLSC ~ 12/31 ~ Celebrate
This day is cause for JOY and LOVE, as we CELEBRATE! We tinker and hack, laugh and joke. We build and break new toys we MAKE. We JUMP and BOUNCE we dance and dine, and celebrate NINE! We LISTEN and DANCE sing and SHOUT! Today is a day for FAMILY FRIENDS and FUN, Happy 9th Birthday, […]
Blessed ~ SOLSC ~ 27/31
We were busy in class today. An essay to finish, the end of the quarter looming large next week, and the onset of a much-needed spring break looming even larger. Students reported immediately to the lab. This was new, I think the first or second time I had this group do such a […]
Surprises ~ SOLSC ~ 24/31
I’ve been missing here for d-a-y-s though, it’s felt much longer. The past week has been nothing short of a blur. A daily grind, nothing spectacular where-did-the-time-go? kind of week. Each passing day, created s p a c e the sense that I was drifting without hope of return. Highs and lows these past days […]
Celebrate ~ SOLSC ~ 12/31
Eight years. It seems like a matter of moments ago that I was holding my tiny newborn bundle of boy, born four weeks early, and on his own schedule. Today, we celebrated and evaluated just how much has changed. We look back with joy and forward with anticipation. This year, we enjoyed a birthday experience, […]
Sledding and Sunshine ~ SOLSC ~ 8/31
Yesterday, we visited my parents yesterday and enjoyed food and conversation (amidst a bit of housekeeping and cable-wiring). As evening fell, we headed out for games with my aunt and uncle. As it turns out, only one game was played, but we laughed ’til we cried and enjoyed the evening together. After a less-than-comfortable snuggle, we […]
Friends and Flowers ~ SOLSC ~ 27/31
Today, I shared smiles and sweet kisses, curled my hair and felt the warmth of friendship and flowers despite the click of sleet that splattered across the deck that longs for summer’s sun. An clear day on the calendar was my gift and an evening at home was yet another blessing. As I celebrate the […]
Finished ~ SOLSC ~ 26/31
Just before climbing into a much-needed shower tonight, I put the finishing touches on yet another furniture makeover project. In the past few weeks I have painted our unusable fireplace, four dining room chairs, a sideboard, a small tabletop lazy Susan, and now, an old sewing table I rescued from the side of the road […]
Connections ~ SOLSC ~ 25/31
In November, my daughter was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata, and since then I have heard it mentioned, referenced and met advocates more than ever before. It’s like when we were facing infertility nine years ago, and suddenly I was surrounded by pregnant people in every movie theater or grocery store, and comforted by similar stories […]
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