Chandra - Now This Life

What do you want your story to be?Reading a wonderful book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller, that poses this question and I've been thinking a great deal about it. His theory is that life really is a story, that we are characters ...

This Mother's Day I am grateful for...The giggling, shrieking, swimming pool full of girls this afternoon at our house.The sleepy, stretched out, softly snoring puppy at my feet.My husband who, upon seeing my desperate need for some alone time this mor...

I tried to track down the original source of this image and couldn't so I'm just going to attribute it to the universe. Perfect for today.

It's been a week of trying to get our feet on solid ground with one large puppy named Teddy. Just when we thought we had the combination of Grandma, Camp Bow Wow and Visiting Dog Whisperer dialed in, Teddy-Mischief managed to injure his ...

It's been a week of trying to get our feet on solid ground with one large puppy named Teddy. Just when we thought we had the combination of Grandma, Camp Bow Wow and Visiting Dog Whisperer dialed in, Teddy-Mischief managed to injure his ...

So, puppyness. Puppyness is lots of things, including cute and fun and all kinds of wonderful.But, also, let's be honest here, hard! Puppies are basically toddlers with sharp teeth who are more than happy to eat things that will kill them, fall into yo...

Sunday afternoon, sitting in my favorite spot in this whole wide world, on my shady sofa under our backyard gazebo. Teddy's hanging out with me quietly, worn out from his morning adventures. A pair of finches are here too, in the crepe myrtle over my s...

One of my favorite ways to get a quick five minute laugh fix is to troll The Huffington Post for the most ridiculous headlines I can find. I literally give myself five minutes for this task, and the outcome never disappoints.Today, I'm sharing a fast s...

Teddy adventures, week 2.We're all worn out from life with our toddler. But smiling. Lots and lots of smiles in our house.

If so, I need to stand up at the meeting: My name is Chandra and I'm a magazineaholic.Each month a stack of glossy monthlies lands in my mailbox--first a trickle, and then, finally, a deluge. There are such deals on Amazon ($5 for a year, $7 for two ye...