PEARLS ON A STRING

This month has felt busier then others and yet my reading journal records a great reading month. After a couple months of a reading...

Oh February. The longest and the shortest month. Even with all my well-intentions this year, I still felt the February slump where the...

Last year at this time we were counting down the days till we took off of on our first international trip as a family. We spent six weeks...

For many years, about this time in the year, I've made notes about what's bringing me joy or what's saving my life. It's a habit inspired...

I'm a slow processor. I take awhile to make decisions and prefer to sit with something for a few days (or weeks) before sharing my...

There is a running joke in our family that if the children know any random fact about astrophysics, botany or Eastern seaboard geography...

Interview with the Mosheteers Favourite thing of 2022 Kilmeny (13) : Going to Europe Khaira (11) : Going to Europe, and surfing in...

I love hearing about people's favourite things, from Christmas traditions to small indulgent purchases but especially their books. This...

I don't even remember when I did the first one but it was back when instagram was fun and we just shared our days, with no thought of...

I didn't know. I didn't know so much. I didn't know that the searing pain of "he's gone, Breanne" was just the beginning. I didn't know...

The books teeter on a precarious stack beside my bed. On my nightstand is a bit of a joke. My husband built the nightstands this summer....

The light is shifting. It's dark still when we get up and the streaks of light wake up the house slowly as the children make their way...

Somewhere in the deep dark days of January's winter weeks, I was doing research for our then up-coming trip to Portugal. I read article...

There are bits of cardboard and glitter scattered across the floor. The lego bin seems to be permanently in use. There's evidence of...

It's hard to believe that we've been out of our home country for a month now, time has a strange way of slowing down but also speeding by...

We arrived in Lisbon, disheveled and hungry, eager to start our five week adventure in Portugal. After making it through customs which...

Easter felt dim this year. As I anticipated Holy Week and thinking about Jesus' life, death and resurrection and wanting to feel...

There are many things that are unexpected to me on this trip, some are about Portugal itself, some are the truths that are revealed once...

We have now been in our home away from home for a few days now. We've settled in to our beds, adjusted routines and rhythms and explored....

It only was supposed to be a short jaunt from one gate to the other. We had three full days planned in London, full of jolly adventures...