The Life I Have Imagined

The funny thing about being home with the kids is life gets simplified, as my focus is much more narrow than it used to be, while it also g...

Given what we've been through the last several years, you might think that it would be a no brainer that our family is complete, and ho...

I'm not really sure where this month went, it seems like a few days ago was last month (so I clearly have no sense of time anymore).  O...

That is our fight song, and fight we will My first chosen home, from the scream tunnel to Heartbreak Hill Yet another babe lost much too ...

As Chicago mourns the passing of movie critic and Illinois son, Roger Ebert, and the world of politics, Margaret Thatcher, and the entertai...

So the time has finally come...  I've been presented with the first form (for the twins' preschool) which asks for their "race...

I try not to get too political on my life blog, not because my life isn't affected by politics (as all of our lives of course are), but...