An odd thing happens when you keep a blog. Because I know people read it (all 10 of you!) or maybe because I’ve made a commitment to myself to document our life when I don’t write at least once a week (and even that is on the thin side), I start to feel bad. When…
I’m not gonna lie, I’m actively trying to turn Evie and Jack into scientists. (Nate doesn’t need to be guided, he’s clearly a natural engineer. I may not consider myself to be a real engineer, but I have enough experience to know one when I see one.) If they don’t actually become scientists in the traditional…
Well, that didn’t last long. Evie enjoys school but… she now has a mortal enemy. There is a kid she hates more than anything else she has ever hated (she’s only ever ‘hated’ some veggies and a bee that stung her “for no reason”). Great. Awesome. Time to start mentorship in the valuable art of…
“I get how people get stuck in a place,” Scott said to me. I laughed. Me too – I get it. Most people don’t consider having roots in a place ‘stuck’. Having ties and feeling safe are generally considered good things… a desirable side effect of participating in community and family life. Believe it or…
I’ve been rather candid about our desire/attempts to eat healthy. I wouldn’t say anything has changed with respect to our desire, but something big has changed with respect to our motivation. Money is now on the line. A lot of it. Buckle up. What lit the fire on our laziness? Remember that health ministry I…
