I have big news! The kids and I had two dinner dates last week. And I had a lunch date recently, too. It must have gone well, because I was then invited out to dinner. You know what this means? Yes. I am finally making friends. (I think. They could have been pity...

On a recent family outing, Grace shouted, "OH MY GOODNESS - LOOK AT THAT HUGE WORM." See worm:                       Hilarious. (It's in the grass between the lease sign and the yellow power line in case you...

Before we left for Philadelphia and when we got there, a few folks asked about how I'd handle telling Grace why we were going home and what I'd be doing with her for the funeral. We typically try to be as honest as we can with our kids - based on what we think they...

My grandmother passed away last weekend. And while she finally found peace at the end of a long road in a nursing home with a quality of life that decreased with each passing year, her deterioration over the week prior and final passing was sad and unexpected. I...

So, as you saw here, we got a big tree. We love big trees. Back East, we'd typically hunt for the tallest, fullest one we could find. In our old home, we had two "living areas" one where we never sat (this is where the tree went - haha.) and one where we hung out most...