a dream and a prayer
I had the most wonderful dream about Jocelyn last night. Last night she came to me as a toddler, a baby really, those enormous dark brown eyes twinkling at me, her tiny pink mouth smirking and smiling. Her little body…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
another feather in his cap: Joe’s first marathon
On December 10, 2022, our brother Joe ran his first marathon! He casually threw this accomplishment into the mix of an already busy and stressful, highly textured, and wildly successful life. Joe is Commander and Public Works Officer for the…
we’re not perfect, but do we deserve THIS?
As unsavory as this feels to write, it’s such a big headline in our lives that I can’t not write it. We are in a season of endurance again. More accurately, we are layering up more crises and more heartbreak…
a new spin on victory gardens
Our grandparents and great grandparents had wartime versions of Victory Gardens that served them well and helped their families thrive in uncertain times. The government endorsed these efforts and more before industrialized farming took over. Lately we are hearing more…
respect your life
At the risk of fully enraging my husband who just wants light and easy stuff to stay light and easy, I am about to ruin a perfectly good raunchy comedy by extracting from it a luscious bit of wisdom. Please…