I was able to spend some quiet time with my thoughts every morning last week.  It was a really good way to start each day.  I usually roll out of bed and head down to the kitchen giving myself just twenty minutes to get the kids breakfast and lunches ready.  I am rushing, they are […]

I haven’t been myself lately.  The past few weeks I’ve noticed that the happy, funny, and quick thinking me has taken a backseat to an exhausted version of myself.
And I don’t know why.
I have been taking naps with Gracie in the afternoons.  I go to bed way too late in the evenings and I oversleep […]

It has started. And by ‘IT’ I mean the situation I thought I wouldn’t have to deal with until junior high.
I’m talking about bullying.
We’ve had our first honest to goodness straight out of a scene from Mean Girls, bullying incident. And I’m already out of advice.
I’m also sorry, but not shocked that this bullying is […]

I think that January and February are my least favorite months. It is always about this time of year, mid January, that I find myself with a bit of the wintertime blues.
The anticipation and excitement of the Holidays are over, the novelty of the New Year is wearing off, and Spring seems so very far […]

A while back I had an email from the mommykelly and she had invited me to join a carnival she hosts on Fridays called Flaunt It Fridays.
I responded to her that I would check it out, and I did. And then I never did a Flaunt It Friday post. Because I was a little intimidated. […]

2007. It was a good year. But I don’t ever really think of any year as bad. Each year that I’m alive and happy has got to be considered good, right? Of course, every year has it share of hurts and disappointments. There are years that bring more hurt than others. The death of a […]

I had a weird dream. It was about my 9 year old daughter, Fiona. I dreamed she kissed a boy.
This dream woke me up and I sat straight up in my bed. It was vivid and in color and looked as if I were watching it on TV. And it freaked me out.
The kiss was […]

I have a lot on my mind this week. And as I sit here to type this, I’m not sure I’m ready to write out all the details. It’s not that it’s a big secret, or that I don’t want anyone who reads my blog to know…it’s more the fact that if I actually type […]

Why is it that the second I sit down in front of the computer or I get on the phone, one, two or all four of my children need something RIGHNOWTHISVERYSECOND?
I just don’t get it.
I am here for my kids. I am an available, involved type of mom.
I am also the type of mom who […]

Why Take 90 West?
What exactly does it mean?
When I was first contemplating starting a blog, I would read other blogs and always admire their catchy titles, their play on words or their use of a meaningful bible verse. The more titles I read for inspiration, the bigger blank I drew when it came to naming […]