If you’re a bargain shopper, this post is for you! {Time sensitive}
I am, quite possibly, the worst affiliate marketer on the planet. (For my friends who aren't quiet sure what I'm talking about: if you click a link from ANY website that takes you to an online store, then buy something, the originating site earns...
Close calls
It was instinct and adrenaline, a hopeful protector but futile shield: “Close your eyes, Abby.” Impotent words, like the reflex a mama uses when brakes are slammed and her arm flings across the front seat of the car. The big sister in the driver’s...
The First Last. Again.
“What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.” ~ Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding My all-time favorite picture of Thomas, back in the olden days...
On coming home
My eyes blink open to black of night, my body disoriented to time and place. It's saying nine but the clock insists it's three. Familiar is foreign and foreign is familiar. Crazy, sleepy thoughts, crafted from fatigue and mental exhaustion, the toll...
J’adore Paris
Can you tell Paris makes me happy? This might be the funnest moment of my summer and my son captured it at just the right...
My sister & the Traveling Red Dress ~ Part 3 (Finally, the pictures!)
Who knew sweet Katie Couric was a THIEF? She STOLE the TRD from me! (Part one) A sister's tale aka Big Sisters are Bossy! (Part two) -- I have no idea how many women have worn and been photographed in the original Traveling Red Dress,...
My Sister & the Traveling Red Dress ~ Part 2
A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. ~ Marion C. Garretty {continued from A Modern-day Fairytale} "One ringy-dingy..." She used to sit on the toilet - lid down - an adoring audience of one. I was the comedien...