My name is Brooke, I am a recovering night owl. For the past two years I have developed better sleeping patterns than what had been in place for the previous 15, but lately I’ve been throwing that practice to the wild dogs. A few months ago Kyle said, “you just enjoy being engaged with the … Continue reading Waste Time Wisely
On the rare occasion that I consume coffee, it’s never earlier than 8:45 p.m. Of course this then sparks my intrigue for everything random and slumber does not arrive until well after 3:00 a.m. Four loads of laundry are folded, the t-shirt quilt I started 10 years ago is finished, the chaos of the laundry … Continue reading It’s Even Better
Me: “WE DID IT!!” Kyle: “What did we do?” Me: “Guess!” Kyle: “Made it through summer?” Me: Yesss!!! I know some of you who read this blog are not from Oklahoma, but it’s hot. It’s miserably hot. One day this summer, I got into my vehicle and the car told me it was120 degrees. Every … Continue reading He did it!
I’m not even going to pretend that my youngest child hasn’t been treated differently than his three older siblings. The thing with babies of the family is that they don’t have another small human stealing their mother’s attention. Unlike the others, he was the only one that shared any stint of time being the only … Continue reading Walk Brave
Oh baby baby how was I supposed to know… Let’s hear it for the boy. Let’s here it for my baby… If you say go, we will go. If you say wait, we will wait… To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain… Maybe you were transported back to your youth for the … Continue reading It Is Well
There’s something about rain and a porch and an empty screen that brings me a little extra joy..even when I don’t have anything specific to say. The past two months have been defined by change and I have not sat down to write since June 19th…which is quite weird for me. You’re welcome for the … Continue reading Immeasurably More
It was the phrase “R & R get in the van!” (in reference to Richard and Robert) that got me. I flipped straight to the last twenty pages of the book because I could no longer take it, found out everyone died, said “urgh” when I read the last sentence, and then prayed because I … Continue reading Day 4
I have a favor to ask of you. One year ago today I was working on an autobiography (an assignment…not an actual book) and was posed with the task of wrapping it all up by writing one sentence that depicts who I am in my life journey so far. So I took it took the … Continue reading Day 3 & Hinoki
At least two kittens and a beautiful orange, white and black momma have made their home under my porch. This is foreshadowing an event so I felt you should know. Remember when I was like, yeah…I’m going to do t, u, v, w, x, y, and z. Well it’s 10:35 as I sit down to … Continue reading Day 2
The mountain-sized pile of laundry on my bed has been staring me in the face all day. And yes, when J took a nap I just scooted a bit over and plopped him down right beside it all hoping he didn’t get lost in it. I woke up at 6:38 with excessive amounts of zeal. … Continue reading Day 1
