We have a rule in our house – no playing video games once you go to bed. Our kids can stay up a bit and read…but no games. No devices. Nothing connected to the internet. Several years ago, I heard a sound in the kitchen after the kids had gone to bed. I went to check it out, and it ...
I have something I need to confess. I like to scare my children. And not just my kids. If I hear them coming, I’ll hide and when they least expect it I jump out at them and they scream. And I laugh and laugh and laugh. I know…mother of the year, right? I have a friend who used to do ...
Nothing hurts quite like a broken heart. This always seemed a bit strange to me because a broken heart is not even a tangible thing. It’s strictly emotional. I broke my foot a few years back but didn’t know it was broken. I walked on it for 5 weeks before I finally broke down and had it checked out. It ...
Have you ever been around newlyweds or someone just engaged? It's sweet, isn't it? They are just all "ga-ga" over each other. They spend every waking moment thinking of each other and talking about each other. They are "in love" and they don't even have to work at it. That feeling is so strong and all-consuming you can hardly imagine ...
Some days, I feel like I'm living the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I get up and start a project. Then I have to go downstairs to get something and see all the laundry, so I change loads of laundry. Then I walk through the kitchen and see all the dirty dishes, so I wash those. When ...