“Can I donate something to your auction?” The message came from a stranger, a friend of a friend, who lives hours away from me. I will likely never meet her nor have any significant interactions with her. And yet she gives freely and joyfully to an online auction we are running. This confounds me. If…
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Counting Out the Love
I hate Valentine’s Day. I really do. I’m not just saying that because of where I am in this moment of my life. My college friends can tell you of my many years in Goth-inspired outfits. My non-participation became my celebration. And I liked it that way. But it’s not really out of bitterness that…
Summer, Hurry!
It is with great joy that I announce that Sunshine will be able to return this summer! I would say that I am excited, but that doesn’t really do justice to how I feel. I am counting the days already. 135. We talk almost every day now, and she misses us. We are making plans…
Why Me?
This post was written for New Horizons for Children. They are currently matching children for the upcoming summer hosting season. To view the children, please go here. “Why you want me?” It was a question that surprised me, coming out of my confident and poised host daughter. She is all spunk and light, and one…
Mushroom Thoughts
Today we came home and Little Man took some groceries to the basement and called me to come and see. There are mushrooms growing through the cracks in the basement floor. And he asks me what I’m going to do, like I’m supposed to know. But I don’t. And I keep finding Sunshine’s socks in…
