Some of my favorite places in the world are

Some of my favorite places in the world are

by | Mar 25, 2010 | Sweetstuff, Travel

My dad’s back yard in Pretoria, South Africa. The Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. Shevchenko Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. The corner of Delaware and Constitution Ave, Washington, D.C. during Cherry Blossom season. The white rocking chair with yellow lining...
The great Gussy giveaway

The great Gussy giveaway

by | Mar 15, 2010 | Giveaways, Sweetstuff

This contest is now closed. The winner selected by random integer generator is comment #149: Kjirsten. Congratulations! This is Gussy. She is great. Gussy has a lot to say. Every minute you doubt yourself is a minute wasted that you can’t ever get back. And...

I’m still learning how to

by | Mar 12, 2010 | Sweetstuff

I’m still learning how to accept criticism with grace. I’m still learning how to find my home in the Lord and not my zip code. I’m still learning how to get my kids to stay put in bed after I put them down. I’m still learning how to make more...

I write because

by | Feb 18, 2010 | Faith, Sweetstuff

I write because it’s one of the times I feel most like myself. I write because, like others, I need a place to re-tell my  story and process it’s twists and turns. I trace my fingers over the memories of the day or last year, reading the raised braille of...

I am most myself when

by | Feb 11, 2010 | Sweetstuff

I am most myself when I am buried nose deep in the well-thumbed pages of a favorite, familiar, beloved book. I am most myself when I am rocking, cheek-to-cheek, breathing in the sweet breath of one of our slumbering boys. I am most myself when I am sitting in the back...