So, having written posts to memorialize my children's birthdays, it just doesn't seem like I should leave out my husband. I mean, he did have a birthday too. But, while I can write about seven ways Mia is maturing or the one central thing I know...

When I was pregnant with Elise Jane I felt strongly that her arrival and contribution to our family would be a metaphor, a means through which God would manifest his loving care for me and my family. When all the complications of her birth worked...

1- The teeth. I recently helped at field day at Mia's school. Working with the K-2 students I established the following rule: baby teeth = kindergarten, missing teeth = 1st grade, Too big of teeth = 2nd. See picture above. As Mia would say, "I rest...

So, events at our house over the past few weeks have run something like this: 1- Survive the swine flu. Although Jeffrey and Maggie still have coughs, I think we have bested H1N1. And, only by the grace of God, I managed to avoid it all together so...

I have a love hate relationship with cooking. In fact, I think that it is my love of it that causes me to so often hate it. I love thinking through all the aspects of a meal in which each element balances the others. I love making and eating good...