December 29, 2011April 10, 2023The I'm not perfect club the Not Fake Holiday Letter – 2011 [Every year about this time I start to get daily hits for the Not Fake Christmas Letter post I wrote in 2006. […] Read more
December 24, 2011April 10, 2023analyzing the ties that bind, family, I want to remember And the Girl is 8 Hello solstice child, The pagan doula who attended your birth held you for a while waiting for a gift from you, born […] Read more
December 20, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, life with short people Little is 5! Dear Little, I’m not sure how this happened. You are still my baby girl, yet so big, yet so little, yet so […] Read more
December 18, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, life with short people Of the Father’s Love Begotten After a super fun day of preparing for and hosting the girl’s double, we were both born the week before Christmas, birthday […] Read more
December 13, 2011April 10, 2023One Thousand Gifts How to feel rich The Girl really did not like the $2 day challenge. The day started with tears as I explained that she couldn’t have […] Read more
December 8, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, so do something about it, we like adventures The $2 day challenge “We’re going to eat for only $2 each for the whole day tomorrow!” I announce. “Do you think we can do that?” […] Read more
December 7, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, I want to remember, life with short people, the church year for children St. Nicholas Day – How our family deals with Santa Claus If you’ve been reading here a long time you would know that we try to avoid the standard commercialism of the Christmas […] Read more
December 7, 2011April 10, 2023I like to make stuff And Finally, Christmas decorating – a short tutorial on not spending anything at all Last Friday night I unplugged! I decided any work I wasn’t finished with could wait at least one day and shut down […] Read more
December 1, 2011April 10, 2023capturing contentment, the everyday Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real I have a sleeping boy in my lap right now. He woke up from his nap still tired. It’s been a while […] Read more