The hardest thing is leaving her.When she was only a baby and then a toddler, I left her every day so I could go to work. She would cry. So sad, so scared, so lost. I would sit patiently with her in the daycare, waiting until she seemed a little more comfortable, until maybe she turned her back to pick up a toy, and then I would scurry away, hoping not to hear the despairing cry: "MOMMY!" when she realized I had left her there again. I'd run out the door and I'd sit beside my husband in the car... More »

It's actually really funny: I'm about to write a post about two reality-TV moms, Betty Hayes of TLC's Table for Twelve and Kate Gosselin of Jon and Kate Plus Eight (also on TLC), and I only just now realized that I share both their names.(cue Twilight Zone music)Anyway, yes, my first name is (as everyone knows because it's right up there in the Author box) Katherine. And guess what my middle name is? You got it: Elizabeth. So there you have it. Funny, coincidental, irrelevant: but still, I think, worth mentioning.But now to the real reason for the post. Last... More »

I woke up this morning (after only not quite six hours of sleep) in a cold sweat. Now, that may be peri-menopause (I have been waking in a sweat with alarming frequency lately) or it may be the sad, messy, disorganized and basically just time-crunched state of my life at present.Here is my craft studio, after my kids made a craft of their own (which they promised to clean up after. Yeah, right!):And here is my messy family room, still waiting to be tidied after the Easter egg hunt frenzy:And some of the Easter basket detritus seems to have migrated... More »