On days like today when I feel like I just don’t stop, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I tried to streamline things a little by prioritizing. Continue reading
Author: Karyn B
SOL Day 16: Are you kind?
Raising a daughter is tricky. You want her to feel comfortable in her skin. You want her to believe she can do anything. You don’t want her to feel that her self worth is measured on anyone’s ruler but her own. How do you do all that?
SOL Day 14: a hairy situation
Twas the morning after Tuesday, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
LLR leggings were hung to dry on the chair
In hopes that they would never rip, bust or tear.
SOL Day 13: orange
McKenna had her yellow (you can read about it here). It followed follows her wherever she went goes. When we began talking about the baby growing in Mama’s belly, she had mixed emotions at best. Continue reading
SOL Day 12: closet shopping
My mother-in-law was among the kindest women I had ever met. She truly loved her family. Each of her children was her whole heart, making it three times a normal heart and just bursting with love. Continue reading
SOL Day 11: Sundays are for family
Sundays are for family.
We usually sleep in as late as two kids will sleep, cuddle up in Mom and Dad’s…all four of us, have a big lazy breakfast, watch a movie or two in our PJs, head over to visit great Grandpa, and have dinner at his favorite restaurant.
SOL Day 9: Floyd and Edgar
My grandfather had this giant motorhome he would park right in his driveway. This thing was legit seeming like it was a hundred feet long! It slept quite a few of us when we all trekked to Florida one year. All told, there were 4 adults and about 6 kids ranging in age from one to about fifteen, I think. This motorhome had a name…Edgar.
SOL Day 8: y oh y
There was this teacher long ago. She took an interest in me when I felt like I was invisible in a sea of a half dozen other McKenna kids. Yes. We were THAT Irish Catholic family.
Karyn In The Kitchen 