I found love in a school on this Valentine’s Day

We woke this morning as we had every other day this week - this Spirit Week - argh Spirit Week - the love/hate week filled with favorite characters and look alike outfits and backwards day and today to cap it off - VALENTINE'S DAY! I can hear our kids upstairs making valentines for us and …

Seven! It’s a Golden Birthday for our Twins

"Did we grow from a piece of your heart?" That's the question my girl asked me the night before their birthday as I told them the story of when they were born, as I do each year at their birthday. The story goes like this - I never wanted kids. But then mama and dada …

Practicing gratitude even when it is really hard

As someone who practices gratitude as a sort of religion - or as close to religion as this gal gets - I have to dig deep to reap that chunky muddy murky ultimately life giving reward. I am not blessed. I reap what I sow and I have sowed some shitty business along with all …