WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: GROWTH
The Heart of the House, the ultimate dispute settler, our history, Growth! They grow up WTF: Way too fast!

What do you do if you move?
I love that most of the people I know live to help others. Whether training for endurance events to find cures for cancer, helping a single mom get her kids to practices promptly, or dishing out gently necessary advice, my friends’ experience and abilities cover a wide range! I wouldn’t expect anything less than brilliant…
Bitter divorces hit front page this week and I keep thinking about the aftermath. To couples that reach a quick amicable divorce, I applaud you. For the rest of us, it’s rough, exhausting, and sucks. Usually, divorce results from years (or 72 days) of an inability to compromise, so why would people become agreeable just…
6th grade sleepover, my friend and I hunched over the record player, using our finger to rotate Ozzy’s Crazy Train album backwards at 33 1/3 rpm to hear hidden satanic messages. It’s what all “good girls” did at slumber parties. We played it faster, slower, louder, and finally gave up for fear of waking her…
I read a true story by a mom about her adventures with her son who stands out from the family. I loved the affection and support flowing through her voice and the boy, truly, couldn’t find a prouder mom. I applaud the family for teaching him to be proud of who he is. The mother…
I confess, I did not make our Kindess cookies from scratch. Another confession; instead of giving cookies to random people, having scrapped that plan for a new crafty direction, we took them to Boy Scouts to fulfill our snack duty. When closing, one parent said “Those cookies were really tasty!” I responded with, “Oh, those?!…