I'm grateful for your boosting words to my morale in the last post as I hashed out my small self-identity crisis. The sun is shining (at least for now), the dark cloud has mostly removed its icy grip from my soul, and life moseys on cheerfully. It always does. I still have posts to do about ... read more
Exposed
My friend Alberte walked up to me in church and said, « I've been thinking about what I could do to help you lose weight.” This was not unsolicited, but rather based on conversations we'd had over time. She also has three children who are about four years older than ours, and she only lost her ... read more
Grenoble
When we drove to Provence last week, we took the road sandwiched between the Alps on one side and the Massif Central on the other (the volcano region where we went last year in Auvergne). You'll wonder why I'm doing a post on Grenoble when we were just in Provence, but the truth is we couldn't get ... read more
I’m late, but …
I don't usually participate in link-ups, mostly because I can never get my act together in time. This case is no different, as I am too late for the baby shower link-up and have messed up the instructions on what to do. But. In honor of my friend Alison from Mama Wants This who is having her baby ... read more
Picturesque Provence
So we returned from glorious colorful Provence and found a smelly house full of mouse droppings. That deflated my mood considerably. Today we're trying to clean and scrub and erase any vestige of rodent (and not snap at our kids because our vacation is over). I know - I have it so tough, ... read more
The Bragging Contest
Would you like to know what I'm good at? Languages. I always assume I'm going to understand someone who is speaking to me in a language I do not know, or that I'll discern what is written in a language I haven't learned. When I went to my Polish friend's house, I saw a large poster with three old ... read more
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