Tad has been counting down the days to the end of November, because IT’S DECEMBER 1ST AND WE MUST CHRISTMAS ALL THE THINGS. He has really turned into the Christmas elf.  Or a Christmas nag – because if it isn’t done YET, he gives me no peace until it is. Here he is in 2016, […]

Hard as it is to believe, it has been a full year since Tad’s beloved art teacher died. He has not forgotten her, but the grief he once felt so overwhelmingly has receded.  He now talks about her with a note of wistfulness, and often says, “She would be proud of me.” I miss her […]

It’s been three years since we first got to meet Baby Cousin! She’s a big three year old now, and too far away to come over to play. But looking back at these pictures sure makes me miss her – and her brother and sisters!

Sometimes, I really miss having a baby around.  Then I pull up pictures of Thumper’s baby days, because when you think about it, it wasn’t so long ago that he was rolling around and starting to crawl about. This was just five years ago! And now this little squish is a big boy.  Time goes […]