Every year growing up we got a new dress for Easter. I remember church on Easter feeling like what I imagine New York Fashion Week to be like, or, at the very least, the Kentucky Derby. I continued getting myself a new dress for Easter every single year until 2006. In 2006, instead of anContinue reading “Easter Dress(ing)”
Category Archives: Joy
Shut Your Pie Hole and Dance
It is not natural to use joy as an antidote to discipline problems. In today’s article, I share a recent success story of how I swallowed my pride and had a dance party.
Origin of the Lily Fields Challenge
The Lily Fields Challenge really started in 2004, although I didn’t start taking it seriously until 2020. In 2004, it was a quiet little idea. A question. A thought that flitted through my mind. In 2004 it was my first handknit project. My mother-in-law worked most of her life as a supervisor at a shelteredContinue reading “Origin of the Lily Fields Challenge”
Celebrate Everything
If you need to find a reason to celebrate something, I’m your gal. I can always find a silver lining, which can make me downright unbearable at times. The Boobie Retirement Party When my littlest scalawag was a baby, he decided one day that he was done nursing and never cared to see my boobiesContinue reading “Celebrate Everything”
Sing With Your Feet 