One of our family’s favorite quotes is from Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and […]
These kids
This boy, Danner Man, is 7 these days and just as loving as ever. Sometimes he shows his love by staging a surprise attack while armed with kitchen utensils, but we all show love in different ways, right? (He’ll also use a brussels sprouts stalk in a pinch, apparently.) This girl, whose strangest nickname is Muffin Monday, sometimes wears glasses […]
Optimal, lately
Lauren’s eight month mark came and went and her birth story is still hovering at 90% written. But here I am writing about our present while the unwritten past is biding its time waiting in the wings. I’m getting better and better about moving forward without angst when things aren’t as perfect as they could be. That is one of […]