{So Wonderful, So Marvelous}

It’s hard to believe that summer is over and it’s back to school time!
Shiny new supplies are labeled and tucked into backpacks.  There are visions of straight A’s dancing in parents’ heads.  Students are groaning at the thought of homework.  Kindergarten parents are tentatively testing the waters of letting their baby...

As my mom will attest, after hearing the stories now that we’re older, parents don’t always catch every bad thing you do.
But, we sure try.  Don’t we?
Here is a secret and maybe it isn’t my finest parenting hour to admit this...  I have managed to complete convince my children that moms develop eyes in the back of their head.  It’s how I know when they’re messing around when they shouldn’t be.  Dads...

My little sister travels a lot.  Countless times each year since moving to Kentucky for college six years, one bachelor’s degree, and a house ago.  This year, we did the travel and went to Lexington for Easter.  In addition to our crazy crew, my little...

I have a paper problem.  Well, it’s not so much a paper problem as a paper affinity.  I love a pretty paper, a pretty card, gorgeous handwriting, and snail mail.
Oh, don’t pretend that it’s NBD*.  When you get an actual something other than a bill because we’re grown ups and that’s all we’re allowed to get apparently, it makes you feel happy.  Multiply that by about ten bajillion if it’s not Christmas, or your...