Loquacious Magpies

Dear Bess,
It works!!  I’ve been doing “the to do list” activity for a couple of days now too.  At first, because I’m so OCD, I thought it’d be hard to do things in order.  Like if it’d make more sense to do something first because I’m already there or it’s just take a second, why [...]

Dear Bess,
It’s funny you should mention inspiration, because for me it came from the most unlikely of places today.  I was in my bedroom while Jesse was with the kids in the living room.  He put Lily in the swing and then the doorbell rang.  While he was getting the door, I heard Ally crying [...]

Dear Bess,
You keep doing what you’ve been doing!  That’s what to do to be the best friend to me.  I understand what you’re saying, because I wouldn’t want to say anything that would hurt you either.  But I also know that we wouldn’t be the kind of friends that we are today if we filtered [...]

Dear Bess,
I have fallen silent again, it seems.  Not just with the others that surround me, but with you as well.  I have this habit, when I’m disappointed in myself,  to close myself off.  It’s like I’m in a glass prison.  I can see everything on the outside, but I just can’t seem to connect [...]

Hi all!  I have really gotten into this blogging thing and have decided to start my own blog, in addition to writing this one with Bess.  It’s kind of like a diary or journal for me.  So if you’d like to hear about my adventures and misadventures with my kids, hubby, dogs, house, family, and everything [...]