February 22, 2010
- The New Generation of Secure Parents. Day One.
By Megan
As I've struggled lately with my sense of value and worthiness and significance, it's come fully and forcefully to my attention that the time has well and truly come to face these issues in myself head on. (…)
February 15, 2010
- Big, Big Love
By Megan
I spent Valentine's Day in bed (sick), sipping a little of the bubbly (gingerale), and it was HOT (101.2 to be exact). (…)
February 8, 2010
- This Tiny Acre
By Megan
I've been struggling lately with a feeling I've been unable define, but this week, after a few heart-to-hearts with my very best friend, I've come to the conclusion that this ache in my soul boils down to one of insignificance. (…)
February 1, 2010
- The Big Aha
By Megan
First, I want to thank Steph for her post in support of my journey to the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure! (…)
January 18, 2010
- Only Their Eyes Be Opened
By Megan
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. (…)
January 11, 2010
- Afterglowing
By Megan
Saturday was "un-decorating" day at our house. It's a job I've dreaded every single year since I was a a little kid. I hate that it's all over so soon. (…)
January 4, 2010
- The Moments In Between
By Megan
I'm reflective, just like everyone else is the first couple of weeks of January, and I've come to the conclusion in the past week or so that one of the things I love best about family life is the time in between. (…)
December 21, 2009
- Seven and A Half Minutes
By Megan
Friday was the last day of preschool for Bean before Winter Break, and her class put on a Christmas program for the parents. (…)
December 14, 2009
- And Wonders of His Love
By Megan
She insists on hanging the breakables.
He insists on climbing the ladder.
We spend the afternoon listening to carols, spotting and supervising and holding our breath. (…)
December 1, 2009
- She's Makin' a List …
By Megan
December's upon us, and I've got my iCalendar open tonight so I can plan out the month and pack it full of some of our favorite holiday traditions. (…)
November 23, 2009
- Honestly, I Don't Know WHERE She Gets These Ideas! (Ahem.)
By Megan
I took the kids up to the library last Thursday morning for story time. Bean sat down among the other children and Peabody sat on her lap. She snuggled him close and beamed with such pride! (…)
November 16, 2009
- Snow Globe
By Megan
The afternoon darkens and cools like a certain kind of late autumn day does, and a slow, chilly rain patters against the windows in the family room - windows that look out on grass still green, but trees nearly leafless and a sky unmistakably Novemberish. (…)
November 9, 2009
- An Impromptu Lesson in McModesty
By Megan
Originally published at FriedOkra on November 5, 2008.Bean and I went to McDonald's this weekend for lunch last week, just the two of us. I got her a Happy Meal. (…)
November 2, 2009
- The Grinch Meets the Great Pumpkin. And It's Love at First Sight!
By Megan
A few nights ago the girls from my neighborhood all went out for dinner together, and inevitably our conversation turned to Saturday's Trick-or-Treating and related festivities. (…)
October 12, 2009
- The Downish Side of Delaying or Opting Out of Vaccinations, Although I am Very Much Still on the Side of Healthy Caution
By Megan
It was one of those weekends that'll leave you wandering around in your baggy pajama bottoms muttering to yourself by Sunday late-afternoon. (…)
October 5, 2009
- The Sleep Log in My Eye
By Megan
Oh, how I have judged, people.
Nearly five years ago we had our first baby. Our Bean. (…)
September 21, 2009
- What Is No Longer
By Megan
Originally published at FriedOkra January 23, 2009. Things have changed so much since I wrote this post. (…)
September 14, 2009
- This is Home
By Megan
As I sit at my desk in the stillness of this Sunday night after a busy, active weekend for our family, I imagine the front of our home as a sleepy, peaceful face, her blinds half-closed like drooping eyelids, her walkway tossed lazily across the front lawn, an arm across a chest slowly rising and falling in gentle, untroubled slumber. (…)
August 31, 2009
- What's in YOUR Mom-Purse?
By Megan
Back before I had kids, I used to buy purses based on their color. Their texture. The feel of the leather. The way they smelled. (…)
August 24, 2009
- Be Still Life
By Megan
The pages of my life turn so fast. I lay in my bed this morning while the smallest napped, and thought of yesterday, sweet yesterday in the park, already a chapter gone by. Everything's ticking, ticking, ticking; even the hums and drones and whirs of everyday life measure the bars of this family's life, lived. (…)
