Family Stories

Day-by-day, moment-by-moment, a family is built by the stories it creates and the stories it shares. These are some of ours.

Wednesday Playdate

Every Wednesday at 3 o’clock, Uncle Joe and Uncle John pull up in their big brown Impala to visit with…

I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. I don’t like to be scared, or grossed out, or assaulted with…

I love weddings – everything about them. But I especially love family weddings. There is something so sweet when a…

When Mike and I got married we each gave the other a journal of thoughts and prayers we had written…

My life, it seems, flows in a never-ending cycle of laundry and dishes. It’s so predictably consuming it’s almost comical,…

At this very moment I have two precious little boys who are napping, giving me the space to write down…

The week leading up to Noah’s birth was L-O-N-G. I was induced with Elijah at 39 weeks so I felt…

Mike and I woke up January 6, to a very icy morning. We planned to go into the office early…

Like most, Mike and I took time last night to remember 2010. Over a pot of fondue (and a whole…

I have never felt more carnivorous than when tearing apart our Thanksgiving turkey with my bare hands. Yes this will…