still here
“She woke up in the morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was then that she always chose herself.” -Tyler Kent White It’s been eight…
Dear Boys,
Do not be afraid. -Isaiah 41:10 Dear Boys, When I was in Kindergarten, a boy named Lance took my sweater and would not give it back. We fought over it…
Small Talk
I’m no good at small talk. I’m no good at the generic response, “I’m good. How are you?” In some cases, that makes me a not-so-good Southerner. Southerners like to…
2015
Last year, I ended 2013 by watching movies alone in my house. The boys were further south and there were parties to attend but my heart needed pajamas and a…
this year and that, again
Christmas looked different this year than I ever imagined than I ever expected. There are stories we live that aren’t mine to tell, this is one of them. What I…
this year and that…
Christmas looks different this year than I ever imagined. I swore up and down all these years that there’d never be an Elf on the Shelf in our house, but…
small talk
Austin lost a tooth. Cade is glad he can wear soft, long sleeve pants to school again. I’m obsessed with blanket scarves. My current favorite is a black/gray/white plaid…
for as long as you can endure
If you stepped inside this picture, the warmth of the sun is a lie, and though Alabama skies are blue, there’s thick clouds just off to the right. There’s cold…
we drove to the beach
It’s a rarity these days for there to be just the three of us… It’s how things were most of the time in Germany; it’s what we were used…