This weekend, we had our first family trip in a couple of years--and it was all expenses paid!  SLAMDiabetes, a non-profit organization that works to raise type 1 diabetes awareness as well as raise funds for research and scholarships for kids to go to diabetes camp, held their first annual wiffle ball tournament at Little Fenway and Little ( Read more... )

Man, it's been a busy few weeks.  Two weeks ago we had spring break which kept me busy.  But T and I had a great time together.  Among other things we ( Read more... )

The past few days have been pretty busy and next week will be even more so.  Why?  Well, Wed-today were half-days at school because it's parent-teacher conference time this week and next week is spring break.  Even though I haven't gotten anything done--no writing, no cleaning, nothing--it's okay because I'm getting quality time in with T.  We've ( Read more... )

So there's this young writer's and illustrator's contest for 1st-4th graders going on and T wanted to enter it.  The rules said he had to write a story between 100-350 words and make at least 5 illustrations for it.  He came up with the story all by himself.  All I did was ask him questions like, "Who is your main character?  What does he want more ( Read more... )

So yesterday was T's 6th birthday.  I can't believe he's that old already!  I can't believe I'm old enough to have a six-year-old ( Read more... )

So in case you were wondering why I haven't been around in several days--though you probably weren't considering I haven't been the most consistent poster the past several months--my computer decided to stop working on me ( Read more... )

Three friends from church and I recently started a book club.  It's been great being able to recommend some of my favorite books and reading ones I probably wouldn't have picked up on my own, but enjoyed all the same.  But this week, I found an added bonus to this book club thing.  One of the selections for this month was The Miraculous Journey of ( Read more... )

Thought I'd emerge from the writing cave for a moment to say hi.  Every time I've posted over the past two months, I thought I was going to be more regular.  I guess now it's time to face the truth:  until I finish Wayworn, I'm probably going to continue to be sporadic.  But the good news is, I've been on a roll and I'm making (slow) but steady ( Read more... )

... like the sound of children laughing and playing. 

1. T lost his tooth today! I couldn't believe it. I thought he still had a few days left at least. But when I picked him up from school, he came out waving a white envelope and saying he had a treasure chest inside it. It took a second to click and then I told him to open his mouth and sure enough, there's a gap where his tooth used to be. ( Read more... )