Stephanie

first visit from the tooth fairy farmer’s market weddings learning from example loving cooking shows being comfortable in your own skin sharing your bounty beautiful skies sharing your life with those you love

chats about nothing in particular with my Cameron picking fresh veggies from my own garden for dinner a crisp cold glass of water listening to NPR yoga with Sawyer…or yoka as he says anticipating summer vacation with my peeps….only 2 more days for Sawyer…yay! my peeps safe and sound buying fun stuff for Summer Boy [...]

running into my school bus driver by chance having my brother over for dinner chatting will one of my bestest besties fresh sweet corn the aroma of corn bread baking in my kitchen it is Friday for my littlest peep and I library trips front porches botanical gardens life

Amy Butler fabric park days with my peeps ice cream sandwiches blogging vintage pyrex sewing Writer’s Guild monthly meetings West Wing reruns…with my guy sharing growing

my 3 boys dressed in crisp white shirts and ties bach as a soundtrack to our morning dressing routine the gift of repentance the feeling of forgiving another a simple sacred prayer to the bless the sacrament sunday lunch and the conversations that come with it a lazy afternoon nap sunday visitors the sunday crossword [...]

the sound of tapping of the computer keys if only for a borrowed moment preparations for prom with my oldest peep double yoke eggs boy scouts of america drizzly days perfect for reading only one month of school left summer home schooling summer reading lists picnics texas wild flowers

the feel of the pages of a book in your hand the smell of the ink reading a story to a child one more time getting lost in another time and/or place slowly working your way down an aisle at the library bookstore gift cards Eudora Welty and her gift to make the ordinary extraordinary [...]

*a morning walk while the sun rises *sharing the breakfast table with my boys *eating the eggs from our chickens for that breakfast *the quiet time when i first return from taking them to school *anticipating the Jack Johnson concert coming this autumn *plants that i thought the harsh winter had taken away popping their [...]