I'm just ending the silence, for the principle of the thing. Today it occurs to me that there are often transcendent moments sandwiched in between the ordinary ones, even in the midst of the ordinary. Lately, music move…

While putting on a headband, that has reindeer antlers on it, Nat said, "Today, I'm going to be a deer pwincess!"Can anyone tell me how we could have lost a new pair of sneakers, that I JUST bought Natalie? The crazy th…

. . .sort of. I walked on Monday morning, after the kids got on the bus. It was 7:30 (Papa Bear doesn't leave that early, so I put on a movie for anyone who's up), and because of the time change, it was nice and light.…

I don't know how it can be shocking, when someone dies, whose death was imminent. But it is. My Aunt Sue passed away yesterday (Wednesday). Mom had told me that she didn't think she would live until Thanksgiving. The…