What’s Possible

There’s something beautiful about the journey of parenting. And while so much of the wisdom shared around parenting focuses around how quickly time goes, including the idea that there are only 940 Saturdays or weekends from when your child is born until they turn 18,...

What’s the Story?

I’ve written about this in previous posts, but I was reminded today just how much I enjoy reading and talking about stories with my teenagers. We are currently in the middle of a new read aloud, Return to Sender, I discovered at our favorite local library branch. I...

Fledgling Eagles & Human Teenagers

In March, the girls and I started watching the Big Bear Valley Bald Eagle nest-streaming camera showcasing a pair of bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, who had just laid their first brood of three eggs. At the time we started watching, the first egg just hatched and we...

In the Light of Delight

One of my favorite days of the week is library day. In fact, library day has been a favorite day of mine ever since I was about four (at least that’s how the story goes from my childhood). My mom has told me the story about my love of reading that began when I was...