This year, two of my goals were to repeat challenges I completed and enjoyed last year. One is running a half marathon. I have my sights set on one in September, with training to start at the end of June. The other is NaNoWriMo, which . . . I just finished! But wait, it’s not […]

My late winter hiatus turned out much longer than expected. But then, it was a long winter—too much sickness, the passing of my grandmother, and more heavy snow than I would have liked. But now we are here in spring. I have a beautiful little girl, whom my bigger boys love dearly. My first contraction […]

Here we are, at the dawn of 2015. I must be intimidated by multiples of five, because that number feels so much more dramatic than 2014 did. It sounds like a Year Something Happens. And maybe it will be. Or maybe I need to take the significance of dates less seriously. My family is young […]