So there I was in the Aldi’s parking lot. I’d managed to score a spot right across from the entry, so things were already looking good. I wrangles the toddler out of the car seat and stuck her in the trunk – the hatch? What do you call the back Read more…
For a few weeks lately, or maybe even longer than that, I’ve had this growing desire to create and share. Having recently created my second human, life isn’t exactly calm and filled with free-time to do said creating. Regardless, I’m giving in to the impulse and starting this blog for Read more…
A fortnight. I think that’s all that’s left!! Completely unbelievable. I could go on to say so much here, including how I am becoming obsessed with little babies….. but mostly I’m tired! What a surprise, huh? I will add this special moment. I spent several extra minutes tonight just rocking my Read more…
Big news: I fit into my old Buckle jeans again!! It’s taken a long time for my body to fully rebound back, but I tried them on yesterday on a whim and was so happily surprised. Sure, I could have worked out harder earlier on and probably arrived at this Read more…
Okay, I use the phrase occasionally, but I’ve been thinking on it recently. When did becoming an adult turn into a thing we don’t want to do? Something almost negative or not intrinsic to our growing up? Our culture these days (in the USA at least) focuses so much on Read more…
My girl is such a wiggler! It’s not very often anymore that she’ll fall asleep on me after her feeding. I miss it. She did it tonight though, and it feels so wonderful.
I spent ten years in Utah – no surprise then that most of my friends live there still. And I guess a lot of them have family that lives there too. Utah does that: keeps people there and close to family. I miss that aspect of it. (And the proximity Read more…
I don’t want to say much on this. My body made another human being – and a super cute one at that! I was pretty okay with how I grew. I was definitely on the small side with how I carried her, plus I didn’t gain lots of extra weight Read more…
Not sure if I’ve made note of this, but Grandma B passed away suddenly in September. I do miss her. Today is her birthday! I never realized that she was born on the first day of spring, but how fitting. She loved nature and being close to the earth. She Read more…
The stake president spoke briefly about the music of the gospel – how the way we live our lives can be evidence of the gospel acting within us. He mentioned many types of people as quiet examples of this – the woman with cancer who fed the presidency between meetings, Read more…