It’s maddening to ask God, “Why?” Yet, I believe that God calls us to question him so he can give us the answers. We have an old friend who for some time subscribed to the belief that God simply set everything into motion then sat back and let everything free fall as it would. Of [...]

Yesterday was the absolute perfect day and a great re-do of Mother’s Day. My mom, kids and neighbor Cheryl went to the Constructor’s Craft Fair at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn. The only thing I bought was a hotdog for the kids, but it was great fun to see what folks had created and brought to the [...]

I found a great group on flicker today called trash pickins. If it was up to me I’d furnish our whole house with free stuff…but my husband, Paul, is much more particular than that. However, I have a few great finds around the house that were curbside treasures…Miika’s breakfast/lunch table is one of them:

A few [...]

One of Nathan’s actual verbal words is, “WOW!” I said it too when we went to Lilacia Park in Lombard on Friday with Miika’s preschool class. She was not cooperating with me for photos…just wanted to run and play with her friends. So Nathan and I went around looking at the tulips and lilacs. [...]

I’ve been debating about whether or not to complain about a rotten Mother’s Day or not…someone else out there always has it worse…like the moms who lost everything in the tornadoes that hit this weekend or the moms in China who lost their families in the earth quake.
No, mine was not that bad, but we [...]

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I set up my Etsy shop tonight, but it needs more work…more photos, more products, etc. But hey, it’s a start. In the time it took to set it up and tinker with it, 11 people checked it out. Right now I’m just listing the T-crawler. I’ll put up the hats and what-nots some [...]

The scraps from the T-crawlers are gathering. So, I’m launching into production of more recycled stuff…here are the hats! There’s something very therapeutic about hiding in the basement where it’s completely quiet and stealing a few moments to create quick projects that nobody else is art directing or managing…no clients down there! It calms me [...]

Barbara Curtis is the mother of 12 children total. In the mix are four sons with Down syndrome—one by birth, three by adoption. She has started a beautiful website celebrating mothers of children with DS. Features a large photo album of moms with their children and brief stories for each. Check it out!

Well, it was time to get out and have some fun… After these past several difficult weeks, I decided that I really needed some sunshine and inspiration. So, I called my neighbor Jen to see if she and her daughter were up for an adventure. Thirty minutes later the kids were buckled in, snacks [...]