Attachment Parenting and {Gasp!} Spanking.

I guess I never realized most attachment parents thought their parenting style would make the need to spank obsolete.  That keeping their child close and loving them to the fullest extent possible would teach the child right from wrong, leading them to a life of...

Diagnosis: Gluten-Free?! How Meals Will Change

This is Part Two of a three part series.  See Part One here. When we went gluten-free, I began to realize how unbalanced our dinners had become.  Chicken pot pie, for example, was mostly a cream sauce and crust (both have gluten), with a little bit of chicken and...

Picapalooza: Part two, Marathon Pictures and Vlog

Before the race.  It was early.  It was dark.  It was cold. The person behind me is wearing a garbage bag. Fast forward 3 hours, 40 minutes, and a few seconds: Approaching the finish line, I knew I didn’t have a lot of time to spare. If I was going to qualify...

Diagnosis: Gluten-Free?!?! Where to Start

This is Part One of a three part series.  Simply because it became impossibly long. —————————————————————————–...

Her Last Day

I don’t know why I want to remember this. I just know that I do. And if I don’t write it down soon, I won’t even have the choice. I didn’t get there until about three, as was my usual routine. It was a Sunday. I had gone to church, had lunch...