It really is a good thing my friends have little girls. It means I can make things like this and this without damaging Jacob’s masculinity (except for the quick moment when I make him try them on for fit . . .).   That’s not to say, of course, that there aren’t cute things to […]

Today is our first full day back from an almost weeklong vacation visiting friends and family. It was a lot of traveling and a lot of worrying, especially after last weekend’s episode, but each moment laughing and enjoying the company made it absolutely worth it. There’s a reflection exercise I like called “High, Low, Surprise,” […]

At the beginning of the week, I was starting to feel like only bad news was coming our way. They say that bad news comes in threes, but it seemed more like multiples of three to me. At one point, I tried to include Whitney Houston’s passing in the count. Sure, I didn’t know her […]