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Update on Family Mission Statement
Last week, I was trying to figure out the best way to frame our family mission statement. I was looking for an inexpensive option that could be revised and updated as the years pass.… Read MoreI decided on a very easy option. I bought a three-panel frame from IKEA (each picture is 5 x 7), ordered one of my favorite Etsy prints, turned one of our photos into black-and-white in Picasa, ordered a 5 x 7 print of it on Snapfish, and typed our family mission statement into a Word document, and printed it on gray resume paper.
Voila!
I love that we can very easily revise our family mission statement
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Letter to My Former Life
Dear Former Life,… Read MoreI just wanted to write you a quick note (I don’t have much time these days) to let you know how much I miss you.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I am so, so thankful for my new life with my beautiful son and our expanding family. Not only does my love for him take shape and solidify more and more with each passing day, but my fondness, love, and appreciation for my life partner, Matt, also grow in mass and density day in and day out as he works so hard to support me and our family.
But I miss having jurisdiction over my time. It’s
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Hints of Normalcy
Last Thursday, I tried to introduce some normalcy back into my day. By “normalcy,” I mean doing more than lying around in my bed topless all day long. In these early days of breastfeeding, I find it tremendously difficult to muster the motivation needed to put on a bra and shirt.… Read MoreAnyway, we started the day like we normally do with our herbal bath (one of the exceptions to my “pretty much just stay in bed” pattern). After the bath, I take a shower while Matt watches Henry. However, on the day I was most striving for normalcy, I started to feel really faint. I had to get out of
