Issa: Eight Months

Issa: Eight Months

Dear Issa, Yesterday you turned eight months old! You may as well be 15 already, because you are this close to walking and you learned how to give high fives last week! WOO! Granted, they are the slowest high fives in the world, but darn it they’re cute. ...
The day my mama was born.

The day my mama was born.

The day my mama was born there was no telling who she would become.  The date was October 16th, in a rural town in Indiana, and a newborn baby girl was the eighth child for my grandparents.  I suppose when you’re adding a new addition to your family for the...
Sisterly Love

Sisterly Love

It’s been a funny thing, watching Cora and Issa become more and more infatuated with each other over the past four months.  Although, I must admit their bond as sisters started long before Issa was actually here.  Cora and I talked about her baby sister almost...