by Jenn Pipe | Jun 7, 2011 | Coaching, Life, Scrapbooking, unravelling
Once upon a time, there lived a Princess who was so filled with emotions. She laughed and smiled when she was happy, and also had an innate knack for filling her world with laughter even if she was very, very sad. She used humor to diffuse uncomfortable situations or...
by Jenn Pipe | Jun 6, 2011 | Kids, Life, Love, Scrapbooking
About 10 days ago, I was alerted to a bird’s nest by my two children. The nest sits nestled away in a forsythia bush right outside my bedroom window. Since the bush is on the north side of the house (and is long past bloom), it does not get much attention. So,...
by Jenn Pipe | Jun 2, 2011 | Kids, Life, Love, Scrapbooking
You were perfectly pink on the day you were born, seven years ago. With your black tuft of hair, your kissable lips, and the broken blood vessel on the tip of your nose (that we can still see, if we look hard enough). I loved your sweet baby newness. Your warmth. Your...
by Jenn Pipe | May 19, 2011 | Current Affairs, Kids, Life, Love, Music, Scrapbooking
I consider myself very fortunate. I have two beautiful, healthy, kind, intelligent, and athletic elementary-aged children. They have taught me more about life in the past 10 years than I ever learned on my own. Being that they are in elementary school, we get to...
by Jenn Pipe | May 12, 2011 | Kids, Life, Love, Scrapbooking
The memories of my childhood are sometimes spotty, and sometimes it will take a photograph or a detailed reminder from a family member to gently dust the cobwebs off of the recesses of my mind. Time has a way of doing that, of tucking away what were once your most...
by Jenn Pipe | Apr 20, 2011 | Kids, Life, Love, Scrapbooking
Ten years ago today, a week overdue, she came into this world. From her first breath, she was bright-eyed, alert, and eager to soak it all in. There was this sense of “knowing” about her (for lack of a better word), and it seemed like she was already very...