A Family Picture (sort of)

September 15, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Some of you have asked when I’ll post pictures of The Cherubs. I’d love to! Once you see them you’ll fall in love. But that’s a ways down the road, for a couple of reasons. The most obvious is that we’re not allowed. Our status right now is that we’re The Cherubs’ foster/pre-adoptive parents until […]

Back to School, First Cherubs Edition

September 8, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Cherubs started school today. As my Southern friends would say, THANK THE SWEET LORD BABY JESUS. I’m not sure how it is for other families, but our little blossoms need structure to bloom. And while I’m acing the whole love/feed/clothe them aspect of parenting, the creation of structure is not my strength. So I’m […]

Summer Update

August 3, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

So I’m really glad I became a blog slacker BEFORE The Cherubs arrived, because now there’s no danger that I’ll blame these long dry spells on parenthood. This season has confirmed for me yet again that while I’m wildly adaptable in the midst of life’s turns and swerves, at heart I’m a creature of habit. […]