None of us have been getting enough sleep. I have been doing my best to provide warm pillows and cold washcloths, to clean snot rags and sh...

Brimming with gratitude for the boring, precious dailiness of our lives.  Also for the once-in-awhile escape from routine, for time with fr...

Hank asks me to retrieve the cradle from the mantel, the one that is at least 200 years old, promising to just rock it gently with one lit...

One of the things about nurturing a child is that you're forever tethered to a surprise ending. Tucker volunteered to accompany me t...

and melt with you.

On our way to church this morning, for the African drumming workshop, my goal was twofold: 1. Give the boys another example of the way huma...