The Wink

Fatigue’s Wisdom

Our family is under a fatigue induced crawl. Three sick little girls take turns owning the mantle of mast pathetic, violet circles under glassy eyes turned a blue so pale it’s as if the bug is draining every last bit of color from their beings. Their normally robust and driven dad takes nap after nap, [...]

I admit it, I watched

I have never watched a full episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, but tonight, the girls asleep and Sean at work, I watched. I kind of wish I hadn’t. This parenting and marriage thing is not easy. I write about the beauty of my children and my life, and while I mean every word [...]