Who needs a little encouragement this week? Reposting an edited version from 2016, but nine years later I need to hear it again myself. Sometimes perfect strangers will see me out with my children and say things like, "I can't imagine parenting in this generation."...
Walking to the Amazon return counter at Whole Foods, a little girl interrupted my mental to-do list. Her thoughtful, round eyes locked with mine as she reached out with a pink rose. “Here, this is for you.” A simple smile, no explanation, just an unexpected gift of...
With each child's addition to our family, my perfectionist tendencies are decreasing. You should see Hudson's Kindergarten party invitations we sent out in August. If you compared his to the ones we did for Bran two years ago, it's a hoot. Great intentions without the...
We are not typically a "bathe our kids every night" family. Given the effort involved, combined with our full evenings, we just never got into the routine of bathing our kids every single night. Things change when your boy turns seven and runs hard at recess every...
Ok, so it's Wednesday, and I have about two minutes to write this blog in the midst of our Halloween festivities. My Wednesday Wonder will have to wait... meanwhile, some highlights from our last few days: Cappy with his (other) brown-eyed girl Corbin turned 37 on...
Branson walked into the kitchen the other day and found me bent over my laptop. "What are you doing, Mom?" "Writing a story, B." "Is it for your blog thing?" "Yep." "If I write a story will you put it on your blog?" "Yep." 10 minutes later the rough (and final) draft...
"How in the world do you do four?" is the typical response when people ask how many kids we have. My answer? Simple. "Marry up." Take today - a fairly typical day in the Wilson home... This morning Corbin let me sleep, happily (yes happily, that's not an exaggeration)...
A few highlights from our weekend at the lake: - Getting out of town! Relaxed time with kids and no deadlines. - A tiny black kitten crawling into Branson's lap early one morning... the kids fell in love with "Abagail" and played with her all morning until Corbin...
Last week Hudson attended an after-school activity. He had begged to go since school started a few weeks ago, but as Branson has never shown interest in being a part of the weekly "Thursday Boys," I felt hesitant in sending Hud. Alone. So last week, as Thursday rolled...
A journal entry written to Branson the week of 9/11, six years ago this week: Sept 16, 2001 My sweet boy, This has been a difficult week. So difficult, in fact, that it's taken me five days before I could write to you about it. Last Tuesday, 9.11.01, our country was...
Our baby boy started kindergarten this week. Hudson may not be the baby of the family, but he certainly is our baby boy. I was dreading Hud starting school more than I did Branson two years ago, something about that second-born, sensitive spirit. He's already asked me...
Our baby girl turned one a few days ago... with a full week! I haven't slowed down much to think through how I feel about this milestone birthday. It's a little more "milestone-ish" than normal, knowing that this is our last "1st birthday" to celebrate. I caught part...
Corbin and I took Basden on a date to Bass Hall last week... Cinderella was in town. Basden was beside herself. The show started at 7:00, babysitters were to be here by 6:00, and Corbin decided at 5:00 to go find his little girl long white gloves (she'd been asking...
My kids spent the morning at a nearby church camp. Since they returned home, Basden has been repeating "Fred" in a lyrical tone. I keep asking who Fred is. "You know, Fred," she responds, a little annoyed. So Hudson enters the kitchen singing, "I am a friend of God......
We spent last weekend at my parents' lake house, and Corbin even took an extra day off work to extend our weekend. Two snapshots here sum up...
I've been reading about Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel... two questions I'm wrestling with: 1 - Why in the world would God create Cain with a propensity for a rebellious, evil heart? 2 - Would I still love God if one of my children ends up like Cain, killing his brother...