Category: Sprouts

  • Picture This

    Picture This

    Picture this. A 7yo kid that was so excited to get her first library card getting to walk through the holy and beautiful doors of the New York Public Library. Was it the little girl or the 51 year old woman who stepped with respect and awe through the halls?  Picture this. A kid that…

  • Word Tools

    Word Tools

    My go-to dictionary is Merriam Webster. One of the flavors of my love affair with words is to know ALL that a word means, and to peak around at uses of the word that I might not have considered. I’m also quite fond of tracing a words origins (and do not have a single go-to…

  • I love Tools

    I love Tools

    Marc likes to tell people, especially contractors that come to our home, that “She’s the one that wears the tool-belt in our family” as they try to have a detailed conversation about whatever they are recommending or getting ready to do. This has been one of the flavors in our marriage that I think we…

  • Home Stretch

    Home Stretch

    The last two nights have held dreams about moving. Our oldest is in his final days at his current location. Our youngest has flown out to help him pack and co-pilot on the long drive across the country. The dreams consist of rollercoasters, tunnels, overpacked trucks (think Beverly Hillbillies). Surprised to find my dream life…

  • What is Home?

    What is Home?

    When you think about home, what do you imagine?

  • How Much Have You Grown

    How Much Have You Grown

    How much have grown this year?  How do you know?  When the kids were young we had a big poster that had a tree where we could mark their growth. (I wonder where that went…) On birthdays and other occasions we would mark their height and compare their growth to their past markings and their…