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Happy Birthday, My Love.

12 years ago I met you. 12 years ago I fell in love with you. 7 years ago I married you. 7 years ago I gave you my heart until the end of time. 3 years ago we held our newborn baby boy in our arms. 3 years ag...
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Suns Out!

Every morning while Daddy Russ is getting ready for work I hear little feet tip toe in to my room right up to my side of the bed where I am dozing. Blonde hair and two bright eyes peek over the side of the bed ...
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Hurting.

Hurting... Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. When you are hurting in any of these forms it's tough to go about your daily life - being a mother, working, being a wife and friend - trying to keep up with eve...
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Wish Maker

It's a beautiful spring day with a pleasant breeze (as well as Luke) blowing around me. I glance down and spot a dandelion. A small smile peeks across my face and I lean down, lightly pluck the dandelion and ho...
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Close Your Eyes

Toys scattered everywhere. Terrible two mode on full blast. Dog running through the house with mud all over her feet. Stop. Close Your Eyes. Breathe. Let your mind go somewhere else. Sometimes there are th...
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The In Between Times

Some times my favorite part of life is those "in between' times. The in between times are when life is coasting along and you are comfortably in your routine. Life is naturally full of highs and lows and freque...