Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minA Year Of AbundanceI have always loved the ritual of creating New Year’s resolutions. As my childhood friend Sarah can attest, I’ve jumped at the chance to...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 min"Why Is There A Half-Eaten Apple In The Bathroom?"Karl and I had just sat down to take a brief reprieve from rigorous yard work. Lucy and Peter were across the street riding their bikes...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minI Love LucyMy daughter’s name actually means “bringer of light.” However, I’m wondering if I should have named her something that means “bringer of...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minTwo CentsLast week, I discussed how I have found extra free hours in my schedule recently by not watching football games. I am certainly in the...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minBreakfast Is The New DinnerI recently wrote about the miracle of my becoming a morning person. Now, I am happily employed as the parent who wakes up the children,...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minRise & ShineFor the last five years, my schedule has been anything except consistent. Graduate school class times changed every semester, internship...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minI'm Thankful for John Cusack & His BoomboxEarlier this week, Karl and I were outside and needed to get Lucy and Peter’s attention. They were just inside the front door sitting on...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minBirds of PreyFor as long as I can remember, my dad has taken every available opportunity to point out large birds of prey flying high in the sky or...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minBridge Over Troubled Karl - Part IIA few steps across that turf covered balance beam and I felt confident. I knew in my head that I had made a commitment and no matter...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minBridge Over Troubled Karl - Part ILast weekend, we took advantage of the unseasonably gorgeous weather in Seattle and went on our first of 50 City Walks in Seattle. On one...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minThe "Seattle Freeze" ThawsI have previously written about a real phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest known as “The Seattle Freeze.” In short, there is a general...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minThanksgiving Came EarlyAs I have mentioned in recent posts, I am currently in a period of transition. Sandwiched in the middle of the good-byes to being a...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minRoutines, Rituals & RaccoonsFor the past five years, I have only been responsible for dropping off the kids and picking them up from school about 10 percent of the...
Krista LawAug 9, 20182 min"C" Is For Chaoshttps://youtu.be/s56-Ta35JRk I couldn’t agree more with the Holderness family that I, too, like big buses, and I cannot lie. Similar to...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minHouston, We Have A Puppy!#tbt In July, we welcomed a new family member into our home. Gizmo, a 3 month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel joined us shortly after...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minSummer Brings Out The Spiders…and their webs. Oh, their webs! In the summer, I like to work outside at my back yard patio table. The large umbrella keeps me cool in...
Krista LawAug 9, 20184 minYou're Hot, Then You're Cold#tbt As I mentioned last week, this summer I am taking time to reflect on what it means to say good-bye. Summers have always been a...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minSo Long, Farewell, To You & You & You#tbt Our family just got back from a nearly three-week long vacation. We drove from Seattle, through Idaho, Montana and Wyoming down to...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minEat Crow.An idiom suggesting... “Eat Crow” is an idiom suggesting that the meat of the crow, being a carnivore, is presumably rank and extremely...
Krista LawAug 9, 20183 minI Found Contempt In CostcoIn an effort to model wholeness... In an effort to model wholeness, or τέλειος as I have written about elsewhere, I am going to describe...