nashvillian pastoral

have you seen her dressed in blue? see the sky in front of you and her face is like a sail, speck of white so fair and pale, have y...

Oh, my sweet girl.  Can it be four years ago that we went to the hospital in a terrified frenzy after falling down the stairs ?  Can it be f...

Oh man.  Is there some kind of terrible developmental phase right now?  My child is pretty much insane.  But I'll just leave this series...

Not too many updates on my sweetest girl this month.  She is rocking and rolling.  She is wheeling and dealing.  Her newest thing is fast-f...

As we left earlier than usual, fought traffic in the rain, and deliverd the kids to their various schools before I headed to start this ...

Oh where, oh where has my baby girl gone!?  It seems as if she is just getting older by the second.  She is such a bright, spirited, ar...

My kids get so much stuff for Christmas.  Like - so  much stuff.  They have very doting grandparents, great-grandparents, friends, and teach...

Today, Vicki adds another month to her life.  Baby girl is not such a baby anymore.  As we think through  our  school  decisions  for the y...

Parenting these days isn't for the faint of heart.  At least for those who have the internet at their disposal from the first moment the...

On November 2, Vicki Jo adds 7 months to her 3 years.  Here is what she is up to: Finishing up her soccer season.  It couldn't end soo...

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on decisions that I face in how my daughter's education will unfold.  You can find part 1 here , in wh...

This is part two in what I'm reckoning will be a four-part series on how on earth I plan on educating my daughter in this crazy world.  ...

Let me just preface this whole post by saying how annoying I know it is when parents talk about their genius kids (with or without substanti...

My family loved the cult classic Raising Arizona .  There was a line where one of the characters tells Nicholas Cage, after he robs a conven...

Having two kids is naturally a breeding ground for comparison.  I can only imagine what it must be like to have twins or to be a twin, where...

You think they might be related?

When Jeff decided to enter rehab at the end of April, I was faced with an immediate dilemma.  He had been a full-time caretaker for our daug...