Surviving the Chaos

FYI: if you choose to pay your children to clean your bathrooms, and they happen to spill The Works toilet bowl cleaner on your stair carpe...

I know I've been quiet. I've been mulling. And hugging. And doctoring. And sighing. And praying. And panicking. And question...

When I was in grade school, there was a boy in my class named Ryan whose mother had long, "hippie" hair in the age of the permed ...

In my last post I mentioned that this year I've read a lot of distopian lit. The Hunger Games series, The Giver series, The Shadow Chil...

I think of Facebook statuses all day. Though I've come to know for a fact that not everyone wants to know all the clever things I think...

Let me count the ways: Year 1: For marrying me when we were too young, too poor and too stupid in love to know better. Year 2: For lettin...

I thought one reader in particular might want to see this whole group of boys in the orange shirts she bought. These were the younger Kechen...

I have more, but here's a taste of our second visit to Kechene.

I love the ages of my kids. It's so fun. For example, I got to listen to this, this morning. Have a happy day!

A couple nights ago, we were reading a random family devotional which, much to my dismay, extrapolated on Family Traits. Red hair, green ey...

OUR first lost tooth. I'm tired. So, so tired. I crave snuggles with my children that come effortlessly. Thank the Good Lord that p...

So, before I left for Ethiopia, I told you about my new skirt from Fresh Produce . And now that I'm home and have washed the grime ...

ice. grass. flowers. bird song. colors that aren't brown. GREEN. Grandparents. One showed up with a weeks worth of injera. Anot...

Water. Tap water. That won't kill you. Brushing your teeth. With tap water. Water pressure. A shower. Clean vegetables. School....

Our first family photo. I'm sure you can tell it isn't me at my best. And my newest daughter is terrified. I have more to tell, ...

Not two weeks ago, I was lamenting my lack of People. I caught myself thinking more than once, "What have we done to ourselves? What w...

My sister emailed me last night and asked, "How am I supposed to know what's going on if you don't update your blog? Are you ex...

........Mama's going to Ethiopia!

Every moment of the last nine month has led up to tonight. I pray that tomorrow I wake to an email declaring that Iris is cleared...