This post contains spoilers about the movie Mockingjay. However, if you've read the book... very little will be a surprise. Whoa. I ...

I have a swimmer who says the most random and hilarious stuff. The most recent: I'm somewhere between manliness and bar mitzvah. I jus...

Okay, there's actually no rain and five of the six of us are not in Spain. But... I ache and am bone tired so the fact that I can come u...

During Mass last week, Cole was being a twerp and I ended up taking him to the cry room. It was filled with toddlers in diapers, digging thr...

Joseph wasn't very old when people began asking where we would send him to school. At the time, I was more concerned with learning to pa...

I haven't thought about it in years but I don't think the memory will ever leave me. It's not as present and up front as the NIC...

... the mice just miss her. Or so says Daddy. I think he just missed me and used the kids as an excuse. After all, Cole ignored me the mom...

Most of the time, I love my life in the Midwest. We have a wonderful school district that works hard to meet the needs of all my children....

I spent the last 18 or so months hiding. It was not a conscience choice, though. It began simply through necessity and as the result of our...

This morning, I went to another city (okay, it was 45 minutes away) to help bless a friend as she awaits the arrival of her newest baby. D...

13. dense fog- the fog rolled in Sunday and it reminded me of the fog that rolled over the hills when we lived in New York. I would try and ...

Joseph: Mom, a girl at school likes me. Me: Really? Is she nice? Joe: Yeah but TWO girls like me! And, Mom, there's only ONE of me!

One of the first friends I met when we moved in last year belongs to a local MOPS group. This year, she invited me to join. I had heard mixe...

When we moved to Korea, I became friends with two sisters, one a year older than me and another a year younger. Although I hung out with one...