My Faery Child

I caught this candid of my sweet Rose as she was brushing a strand of hair from her cheek, and I thought it was rather a dramatic and beautiful catch. She'd been playing in her sister's makeup and had just gone outside to play in the Texas "Winter" weather with the little girl who lives…

Switching from SAHM to WAHM

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Because my husband had been a veteran of the first Gulf War, his college education had been interrupted. So, he was still finishing up his degree when we married, and I was working -- as the sole breadwinner. Did I mention I was teaching at a private school? Yeah, well private school teachers earn…