Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. If they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Steven Pressfield, ​The War of Art​​ This quote has been clinging to me for days. It’s becoming a mantra, ”Don’t criticize....

By focusing on taking photos lately, I am reminded that my world is big. And right here. Yesterday I went out to explore. The girls were home napping, so I had some time. I started by riding the T for a bit. I had no destination. The loose plan was to ride inbound for a bit, get off, and ride...

I am finding myself single tasking these days. Taking photos. Trying to find my way back into writing after an incredible hard week and a half. Work relationships are strained. The stomach bug hit. Exhaustion followed. And yet, I am reading The War of Art and I am just wondering if it is all...

I am terrible at taking pictures. Really terrible. Every time I pick up Michelle’s SLR it acts like it’s broken. Every photo is blurry and awful. I have to take 300 photos to get one that is okay. If that. It’s a disaster. But I love using photos in social media and...

My toddler is hitting me. What do I do? We are going through a serious bout of hitting around here. Roozle is hitting us a lot. Mostly when she is frustrated and sometimes when she is embarrassed. Oof. It’s a tough one. We went through this before but it seemed to go away on it’s own with...

  Roozle spends a lot of time these days playing with her legos. This is no problem for us because we all love to play with them. We match colors. Build towers. Match sizes. Make piles. Build bikes. People. Cars. Lots of buildings for the animals. It’s awesome. And after every lego...

A couple of weeks ago we decided to change our diet to a vegetarian one. The decision presented itself very naturally to both of us (and already to Roozle since she doesn’t really eat meat anyway) so we decided to go for it. The only problem is that we are holding on to a very delicate...

Usually on Saturday mornings, Michelle will get up early with Roozle and let me sleep in for a bit, then I get up and M goes back to bed to read or take a little morning nap. It works out great for us because we both get a little much needed time for ourselves before the weekend begins. M and...

Our little Riley Roozle has pretty much always been a good eater. When she breastfed, she nursed every three hours around the clock until she was 9 months old and went a couple of longer stretches. She loves fruit and vegetables. And dairy. She doesn’t like meat or mushrooms or eggplant...

Roozle went back to school today. While we were chatting with the school’s director, she reached for the doorknob to her class and said, “Open this! I need to get in there!” She just couldn’t wait another minute. I can’t imagine what it is like for her, not being...