"The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well." -John D. Rockefeller As part of our Summer Bucket List, aka t...

"Find the level of intolerance you can tolerate and stay there." -David Horton, Ultra-marathon runner When Peanut did this all o...

Peanut turns six this week. Can ya believe that nonsense? But before she hits that number, she hit another, less-significant but still mind...

"It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain..." -Dorothy i...

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops high above the chimney tops. That's where you'll find me." -from Somewhere Over the ...

Most Fridays, I will share with you a post from another blog that I find particularly moving, interesting, or funny. They will be posts t...

"Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us." -Oliver Wendell Holmes We've marked another rite of passage. Retired anothe...

"I just didn't want to hit a slow roller to third base and have it be replayed forever." -Derek Jeter, on hitting a home run ...

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts." -Steve Prefontaine Preparing for ...

"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." -Barbara Kingsolver I had to see i...

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body....

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." -Thomas ...

We've never been a couple to lament what our daughter is doing when we're away from her. With the exception of those first few weeks...