Category: Family Life

You see that girl right there? That’s my now 9 year-old Sugarplum. She was my baby who screamed what felt like all day. The one who didn’t want to sit down, was constantly wiggling out …

We’ve finally found warmer temperatures in our new home and my kids are happily back in their shorts and flip flops (for now, I’m not overly optimistic that it will last!) But the past month …

It’s been not quite 4 weeks since we officially arrived in New Jersey. We pulled up in front of the apartment building that would be our temporary home and unloaded all the things from our …

Books and reading have become a big part of our family routine over the past few years. My girls have an insatiable desire to read all the things and even my boys who aren’t yet …

Twelve days ago this little guy and I ended up at the pediatric urgent care center on one of our last Saturday afternoons in Florida. All hell had broken loose the evening before while I …

More than once in past few weeks I’ve sat down to write something but the words didn’t come. My mind is constantly racing with all the things and often getting a thought together whether for …

A few weeks ago, we ended up going on an adventure where hubby, the girls and I ended up at the Statue of Liberty. It was a rainy, February day, my Florida girls bundled in …

Is it terrible that I remember nothing about my first Valentine’s Day with hubby? It was, after all, 15 years ago and we likely did something, I just don’t remember what that something was. Back in …

Life has a way of loading on more than you can handle. Of piling things on, one after the other. Of hitting you where it really hurts. And sometimes pushing through the pain and anguish …

Hurt has been flying around our house lately like it’s going out of style. I don’t know whether it’s the stress of the holidays or if it’s just one of those down cycles we tend …