Medusa

So, I’m a little obsessed with ancient Greek myths at the moment.  I don’t know what about it excites me so much.  I remember thinking how boring the Illiad was in high school, maybe it just takes some perspective to really understand it.  I think I’m there, right now.  The point of perspective.  And I’m [...]

The value of blood

We will spend part of Memorial day following a tradition I started when I was in High school.  Ever since I was 16 I have decorated the graves of the men who have served in the armed forces during a war.  Its not much, just a little flag, and just a little token.  And in [...]

When there are no words

I just cry.  And sometimes when the words are too big, too full, or too painful… I cry then too.  Life is such a fragile thing.  I know my mom lost a little baby between my older sister and me.  The baby was old enough that they knew he was a boy but he was [...]

BJay is a chimney sweep

I have bragged about this before.  But my husband is amazing.  He operates under the assumption that he can do anything.  And aside from dentistry and obstetrics, he does.  In the east we’re experiencing arctic weather.  It hasn’t been above freezing for days now and that means exponentially high power bills for us.  We have [...]

No news is good news

I am empty of anything interesting to say.  I don’t even know what to say when my mother-in-law asked me what I’m up to.  I’m just settled into real life.  I am adoring my sweet children.  Hannie is just wrapping me around her sweet little finger.  Gabe and Hannie are becoming closer to equals and [...]

All over the place

1. I have had a hard time trying to blog the past few weeks. I have been insanely busy, but who isn’t. And that never stopped me before. I love this time of year. I usually sink into a slight depression after Christmas because I hate that its over. [...]

What I love best about being a mother

In college I fell in love with India.  There was some unexplained connection for me.  All it took was one slide show of the busy, chaotic streets of Bombay and I was hooked.  I was transformed.  I was 19 and living at home and I knew that had to go to India.
When I made it [...]

Pink pink you stink

One of my favorite blogs had a topic recently that really made me think.  Cara Ellison’s Pink Rage post made me process my own feelings about the pinking of October.  First of all, let me say that I hope that the Susan G. Komen foundation really is close to coming up for a cure for [...]

Where have I been?

A blogger friend of mine has been off gallivanting in Europe and yet still had time to blog and post pictures of her whirlwind trip.  I on the other hand have been right here between my house and the kids school mostly.  I signed up for a project that the school has done for the [...]

Sending out some big Thank-you’s

I was thinking about some people who have done cool things for me, some because they were actually thinking of me and some who have affected my life even though they are completely unaware of me.
1. Thank you to whoever first discovered that you can bake uncooked lasagna noodles in a lasagna with a [...]