I’m sad. I just finished reading Truth and Beauty last night (at midnight) by Ann Patchett. Thank you Heather, it was beautiful. Based on the true story of the poet Lucy Grealy, and her friendship with the author, this book took me back to a t...

I had the bright idea to allow Freddy to have a friend over yesterday. We don’t normally “do” the friend over thing, simply because my children are nuts. Parks with strangers (kids, that is) are better. Church with Jesus is better. Anything is ...

I ate a cupcake. Yup, you read it right. Well, I guess I didn't just "eat" the cupcake. I looked at it, and it looked back at me. It told me stories of how long it had waited for me to pluck it from it's fairyland of frosting home. I took a full 20 m...