I know I said I wouldn't write any personal posts until the kids went back to school but this past weekend we lost a family member and when I am grieving, writing is my biggest form of therapy. My parents' dog, Tink, went to Heaven early in the morning of July 29th. It was unexpected… Continue reading Saying Goodbye
As I am writing this, I am being interrupted by one of my favorite people in this world. Our dog, Buddy. I know he isn't "people" but to our family, he is. For many years, we were good without a dog; we had a fish, Lucy, that required no care other than the weekly… Continue reading Our Promise to Buddy
I was working away from home the last week of school before Christmas break. Mike sent me this picture on the last day of high school after finals for the holidays. Buddy needs a phone apparently. Making doggie biscuits. I made homemade bread for the first time for our Christmas dinner.… Continue reading Life and Stuff
Whenever I am approached to write something about someone special in my life, I don't usually turn it down. So when my friend Brett emailed me to see if I would be interested in writing about my dear friend Rebecca last winter, I didn't even give it a second thought. Really, I shouldn't need… Continue reading Why I Am So Damn Thankful #SharisBerries
So, a couple of things have happened since my husband and I got married on May 27th, 2006. We have seen a loved one fight cancer and win. But we lost a really amazing grandma. Then we gained two equally amazing new humans. We watched family members move far, far away. But then we… Continue reading In Ten Years
Every summer since my oldest daughter has been as tall as my knees, she has gone away with her dad for a week. In order for her to have a relationship with him, the state of Illinois requires that she see him every other weekend, one evening a week for three hours and every summer… Continue reading When She Leaves
I recently migrated my blog and some of the pictures didn't make the move. So imagine pictures where captions are. My husband and I recently celebrated 11 years of being together. And when I say "celebrate", I really mean patting each other on the back and saying, "good job". You know those adorable stories of… Continue reading How Us Became Us
