For the last 4 days (also known as the first 4 days of NaNoWriMo 2009) I've been going full board, dumping words onto my virtual page like crazy. It's worn me out, but it's felt good, and I liked what I was writing. Today I hit a wall. I had no idea where the story was going and didn't feel I could add to any other part until I figured out how the ( Read more... )

As I sit on the couch reading a book (one that's making me all sentimental and weepy, btw) and drinking chai, I listen to Keith and Arabelle playing. The activity of the day is pushing Polly Pocket cars on the kitchen linoleum. Sometimes there are rescue missions from bubbly mud. Sometimes there are races with enthusiastic cheering and chants ( Read more... )

There are so many great aspects of being a parent.  For me most of them revolve around watching the joy my daughter experiences from the simple things in life ( Read more... )