I carry your heart with me

I have now fallen into the role of doing bedtime for my daughter every night. Sometimes I am in a rush, to cook, or to make it on time for a dinner reservation or the start of a tv show, but other times I savor the time, letting the minutes roll by as we linger in the dark, ...

“Once Upon a Time…”

"...in a quiet village, there lived a girl named Cinderella. But she was very very kind to animals and she feeded her animals. They were very nice to Cinderella. One was named Gus. She had to leave to go to the ball but she had to leave at midnight but she left a glass slipper ...

Sometimes.

Sometimes, being a mommy gets overwhelming. Sometimes, I have moments of exasperation, like I shared earlier. But then sometimes, the baby goes to bed extra early, and my husband and I both get to do bedtime for the biggie, and I get to tell two bedtime stories: One made up about a place called Alasia, where Queen Elsa, ...