Last weekend I took down the majority of our Christmas decorations, and last night M and the girls hauled the large live tree out of the house and off to its new life as happy mulch in someone’s spring garden. The living room looks so large now with the extra space, and it’s about to…
Author: thirdstoryies
project addition: week one
I feel like I need a catchy name for our new house project, but I’m drawing a bit of a blank. I think I’ll stick with Project Addition, because Project new story(ies) was my second choice and that is super corny. I need to know when to stop with the story(ies) and the (parentheses). M…
working through january, one pile at a time
Working through January, one pile at a time. Last January we all felt mired in grief, and the way that manifested itself for me personally was in irritation. I was also just plain sad, but beyond that sadness was this underlying irritation (and impatience) with myself. I wasn’t cutting myself a lot of slack, at…