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Learning about Love

My kiddos teach me so much about love- it’s actually hard for this wordy girl to begin putting these lessons into words.  Like how love is never earned, it’s always given.  How love is never withheld, it’s abundant.  How love isn’t contingent on anything- it just is.
The last week or so, Ellie has discovered her [...]

Captured

I take a crazy amount of pictures of my kiddos.  I think everything they do is worthy of being documented- and I love to play with photography (even though I really know nothing aside from point and shoot).  But- it’s rare when I take a shot that really caputres them. Yesterday, however, I took this [...]

Genuine.

Starting Silas in preschool here in South Africa was a little bit terrifying for me.  In addition to the normal hurdles that come along with this early and initial step of fostering independence… I knew that Silas would face some unique obstacles.  He’s the only American.  His accent is different and he struggles at times [...]

I Did Say a Prayer

It was the middle of the afternoon and Silas walked up to me with a serious expression on his face. He said, “I did say a prayer for sister”- his inflection conveyed pride.  I smiled and said, “that’s being a great brother- mommy’s proud of you!”  Without much pause he added, “that she’d fly-fly away.”
Apparently, [...]

It Takes a Village

Hmmmm- my first post on parenting two kiddos.  Where do I even begin?  I guess as I sift through my thoughts, there is really only one starting point.  And that is… this thing called parenting… it takes a village. I can say pretty confidently that newborn care is MUCH easier the second time around.  It [...]