by Heidi | Feb 21, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
While large are the stacks of artwork and handmade crafts, small are the opportunities to receive them. Our days of gifts adorned with little boys’ hand prints are numbered as we inch closer toward a house of school-aged children. Yes, I know. There’s...
by Heidi | Feb 7, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
I wait until there’s silence. Everyone else sound asleep. The hum of the heater and the quiet cadence of the dog’s snoring summon my muse. Just me. Alone with my thoughts and the blank page. It’s taken me almost 100,000 words to realize that this is...
by Heidi | Jan 24, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
A visit. Unexpected or planned, there’s much fanfare that precedes it. If a visitor arrives spontaneously, parents of young children scramble to make the house presentable. If a visitor is invited or offers ample warning, much preparation ensues. An event...
by Heidi | Jan 10, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
The road to Friday is sometimes bumpy. We arrive at Thursday evening, weary and reeling. This first full week of post-holiday reality was wrapped in a few extra layers as we endured a deep freeze. My path toward Friday was littered with sibling conflict, an...
by Heidi | Dec 6, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
The Little Mister turns four today. I can’t even believe it. He came into the world on a freezing cold December evening … in comparison to his brothers’ birth stories, his was the easiest and most uneventful delivery (thanks to the wonders of modern...
by Heidi | Nov 8, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
They intentionally wrestle until someone cries. Then one hurls false accusations and lobbies for the other to suffer intense punishment for the ‘crime’ he committed. In five minutes, they’ve forgotten the grievous wrongs done to them and their...
