laugh and wait

#Reverb12: Day 14 What was the most important thing you learned in 2012?   In a home I like to keep in order, I learned that order can wait when my little beans want to play.  I learned that there is always time to cuddle teddy bears and baby dolls….

short and easy

#Reverb12, Day 11: What was music to your ears in 2012, literally or metaphorically?   How can there be anything more beautiful sounding than the word “Mama” coming from my sweet little baby girl?  Or hearing the door slam (yes, slam) shut and my son calling “Mama!” down the hallway?…

books

#Reverb12, Day 9 What was the best book you read in 2012, and why?     I lay here in bed, sick, as I write this post. I am also pouring over my memory of the past year trying to remember the books I have read, stacking them against each…

on relationships and christmas stockings

 #Reverb12, Day 8: Considering the idea that nothing lasts forever: what was the most important relationship that you fostered in 2012? How will you continue to nurture it in 2013?    I feel awkward around relationships.  I fumble around in them and hold them as I would a cumbersome cardboard…

welcome

 #Reverb12, Day 7: What’s the one thing you want to take with you into 2013?    In years past I have said I’d take my new-found laughter into the next year, or I would take my new-found appreciation for this or that. Those all remain true. I add to this…

Traveling the Halls, at Midnight

#12Reverb, Day 5: What was your dream destination in 2012 and why?  It can be a town, city, country or region — real or imaginary — and doesn’t matter if you actually got there or not.   There were trips to Disneyland and Sacramento.  We went to Arizona and Texas….