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so, the past week has been hard. very hard. I’m not ready to write it down yet, hopefully soon. I am reflecting on the past. thinking of my children & all of the years I have spent giving every piece of myself to them. parenting is hard. we all make mistakes. we learn. we keep going. I can only hope that none of them ever…
why did I march in the Omaha edition of The Woman’s March On Washington? how can I put my answer down into words? the short answer is because… TRUTH MATTERS. WE MATTER. OUR FUTURE MATTERS. I made signs for the march all day that Saturday. I wanted them to convey everything I was feeling. I wanted to channel all of my sadness & frustration &…
2016, Mikayla’s final marching band season!! for days I have been gathering photos & videos from this past marching season & I think I am finally ready to put them all together. I am only missing a few videos from early practices that I lost when my phone died on me. oh well, not going to stress about the few videos I lost because…
little bits & huge moments in our lives. sometimes I want to write it all down, other times all I can do is just try to keep up with life. looking back now, there are so many little & big moments missing from this blog, from the record of our daily lives. this space, it holds everything I hold close in my heart &…
I know. its august, a whole new school year started today!! Mikayla’s senior year!! this however is her junior year prom. April 2, 2016. I have been going back to these photos every few weeks trying to get them all edited just the way I want them. but you know what. these aren’t award winning photos(ha) these are photos of our girls’ junior prom…
so, I have been trying to figure out my “one little word” for 2016. I choose a word every year to reflect on, think about, talk about, write about & try to weave into my everyday life. I have been going back & forth with a few words but nothing was clicking. I could not commit. and then we were lucky enough to see…
this was our first year with our new tree Wilbur. poor little Fred was our tree for 10 years & this year, he didn’t make it. we are looking up tips on how to take care of Wilbur & see that he thrives. he is such a pretty little tree… grammy got Sophia a special little tree to have in her room. seeing…
millard west marching band performing “Ready, Set, Go” Burke high school, Omaha marching invite… EDIT*** I just posted this, re-read it & watched this video & I have to add one more thing… everytime I see them perform I cry. tears of joy & pride. this music touches you down deep. maybe it is that I know the hard work that goes into it…
junior homecoming… getting ready… ok. so this year felt different. it felt like she had a “real date” to this dance which was pretty cute to watch. she went with Jack Brauer. when she told me his name I immediately screamed, “your going with Jack Bower from 24”!! she didn’t know the tv show so she had to look it up. ha….
we love going to lake zorinsky. it is close, there are 2 awesome parks for Sophia & it is pretty, if you find the right spots. this day there was a large family having a picnic by the park & they had scattered trash everywhere. it was pretty sad. Sophia saw the trash & she immediately ran to start picking it all up but,…
The Sophia Chronicles 