Category Archives: Forgive me for being sentimental
June babies
He doesn’t look as big when he’s sitting next to my other June baby. We’re surviving over here. I was trying to figure out why I seemed to get more done after Felicity was born and then I realized why. … Continue reading
7 years ago…
I was waiting for this guy to arrive. It had been a difficult pregnancy (as they all are) but added onto this one was the 8 month unemployment. By this time, (7 years ago) Mr. French had a job… waiting … Continue reading
Tuesday Afternoon
On an unseasonably warm Tuesday afternoon, right between two national holidays, we were married in Topeka, KS. If you’d told me then, that exactly eleven years later I’d be living in south Texas with four children, sixteen weeks pregnant with … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to my eldest
I remember the day you were born like it was yesterday. It doesn’t seem like 10 years ago. Except when I remember how many times we’ve moved. Happy birthday Buddy! I hope you see 100 more.
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Is the summer over yet?
Summer is making me feel stuck. Well, it’s probably not the summer, per se, but if you have to blame something, blame something big and vague. That’s what I always do. So, I was also feeling stuck about what to … Continue reading
If a picture is worth a thousand words…
Then you’re going to have to be content with a thousand words. ‘Cause I got no pictures. What a week. I blame the baby. She started off the week sick and decided to cry off and on during the night … Continue reading
The moments of our lives
There are those moments in your life when you actually realize, at the time they are happening, that your life is changing forever. That, from this day onward, things will be different. For the better, you hope. Graduating from school, … Continue reading
Orange you glad it’s not your birthday cake?
If you can’t guess, J’s favorite animal is a monkey. His favorite color is orange. When it’s not yellow and green, that is. He wanted a monkey cake, but he does not like chocolate so we decided an orange monkey … Continue reading
Growing up is hard to do.
The other day I got out the rest of our summer clothes to sort through. I had the boys try on shorts and t-shirts to see what fit whom. C found a pair of shorts and a shirt that he … Continue reading
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