Day 26 (one day late) of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge:“Insight or aha! moment. What was your epiphany of the year?”

I can’t pinpoint the exact moment, but my epiphany of the year has been to truly accept that the universe is driving the bus. This has not been an easy thing for me because . . . → Read More: The Universe Is Driving the Bus

Ever since Laurel started kindergarten I thought I had the sweet end of the deal. I do pick up and Jon does drop off, the latter of which — for the first 6 weeks — ranged from sobbing to worse sobbing and has since leveled off (though sometimes, especially on Mondays, tears and resistance periodically are . . . → Read More: Release Valves…And Cookie Comfort

This morning while Laurel was working on a Bob the Builder puzzle, she remarked, “Mommy, you know what’s funny? Bob the Builder always looks happy even though he’s always so busy!”

This simple observation stopped me in my (frenzied house tidying) tracks. From my own experience, and from a majority of what I read about friends, family, . . . → Read More: Something To Strive For