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August 2014

August 30, 2014

Reach

For awhile my boys felt like they were out of my reach. Last Fall, when...

August 12, 2014

Woncha Take A Risk?

A few days ago, I took my boys to our favorite haven on Lake Michigan. ...

July 2014

July 02, 2014

What I’m Into {June 2014}

Read & Reading: I'm only half way through We'll Always Have Paris. Such. good. funny....

June 2014

June 23, 2014

When a Snake Eats A Boy

One of the best parts of parenting is doing ALL THE THINGS I'm interested in...

June 02, 2014

He Walks

When he was a baby, I had the whole post-partum depression thing going on. He...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

“I Don’t Like Black People”

Last Sunday, I took my boys to our new black Church. When we pulled into...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

9 Things I Want to Say (But Don’t) To Your Curious yet Racially Charged Microaggressions against Me & My Children

I am racially Italian-American & African-American. I am a biracial, self-identifying, culturally & ethnically black...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Here’s Lookin’ at You Kid

Around this time last year, I made the mistake of putting off enrolling Rhysie in...

March 2013

March 03, 2013

For You, Netizen

netizen |ˈnetəzən| noun a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. ~...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Be Careful With Me

My guest post blog series When God Speaks {or doesn't} will continue on for the...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

It’s Over

My little baby boy, Rhys is stuck in a rut. You know the one. My...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Friday iphoneography

My Instagram(ed) life... We took the boys to a race for health sponsored by the...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Rhys-ently

Recently my little Rhysie-Bear, otherwise known around these parts as R2, or on Twitter as...

August 2011

August 18, 2011

I’m pregnant, hiccuping and sputtering through fear.

Hello Friends! I'm not sure if I'm back to blogging yet, but I've got a...

April 2011

April 21, 2011

If this aint love, I don’t know what is

...My Buddy... ...(my buddy)... ...My Buddy... ...(my buddy)... ...wherever I go... ...he's gonna go... ...My...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

On Losing a Child

Last night I had a nightmare that my little Rhysie-Bear got Cancer and died within...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

the slump

All right. *sigh* I hit the slump. A.K.A. the valley that comes after the mountain...

January 2011

January 28, 2011

Like Hiccup in the arms of Toothless: final 2010 reflections.

Finally. I'm wrapping up my reflection questions of 2010 to help us STOP, EXAMINE &...

January 17, 2011

Why we named Rhys after Martin Luther King –5 ways to pay tribute

Last year, my little blog here had a grand old time using my picture clues...

January 05, 2011

(Less) words Wednesdays: Favorite.

My new thing? "(Less) words Wednesdays". My promise to you? Every Wednesday will be short...

December 2010

December 24, 2010

Dear Jesus, all I want for Christmas is…

Dear Jesus, now you know I wouldn't mind these... But what I really need from...

December 15, 2010

a crazy hot mess – Wordless Wednesday

My deep thoughts on "wordless Wednesday" blog posts: "Wordless Wednesday" posts should also include less-words-than-normal...

November 2010

November 15, 2010

Losing Mom

Last week, my Mom turned 70 years old! (Holy Canoles, right?!) I thought about it...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Brothers gotta hug!

Do you remember the *classic slapstick film, Tommy Boy? The one where Chris Farley declares,...

October 19, 2010

Exactly one year ago today…

...Dave & I were in the hospital... I was pushing. After 20 minutes... ...My beautiful...

October 03, 2010

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

...except that I'm not capable of shutting-up. (But I love the idea -in theory- of...

September 19, 2010

Overheard…

...this weekend at our house... Me: Ransom, please don't stab your brother right now... (using...

September 16, 2010

Wordless Wednesday (Except it’s Thursday because I’m always late & triflin’)

September 08, 2010

goodbye

goodbye goodbye blue goodbye sun goodbye blue created by the sun goodbye summer goodbye fun...

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