Jennifer Briggs

On the heels of our family visits in Philly and Delaware, we drove up to New Haven, Connecticut to see a friend that I’ve had since middle school, and then we finished the day in Boston. Apparently, everyone in the world decided to be on the road with us at the same time, but luckily… Read more »

Two days after Sarah came home from camp, the girls and I were on the road to Philadelphia to see family. Carl was at a conference for work and met us in Philly. For our first two days we saw Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop. We also had a nice visit with Pop-Pop’s daughters who came for… Read more »

Apparently it is Sunday! While some part of my brain knew this well, the weekly writing part of my brain did not remember! A week ago Sarah went to camp to stay for five nights. Last summer we tried a similar camp but the sleep-away aspect was too much for her. We slowly worked towards… Read more »

I am extremely proud of myself for navigating around Washington DC last Sunday while Carl was at his rowing race. The girls and I wanted to go swimming. The hotel didn’t have a pool, but they did have a conveniently timed checkout hour, so we borrowed hotel towels and drove to a public pool. The… Read more »

The biggest news is not really new news, but is just as true as ever. We are so incredibly lucky and blessed to have Anna in our lives. Since Amy was away on her 8th grade class trip, Anna had three hours one-on-one with Sarah. This amount of time that wasn’t straddling two speeds and… Read more »

This has been a week for flexibility. Many plans fell apart due to various hiccups. We took this in stride, but by the time Anna arrived on Wednesday, Sarah had a backlog of feelings to unload. Anna listened lovingly and attentively for an hour as Sarah talked and cried about it all. I love how… Read more »

After writing last week, I had a lovely time reading in bed while still in my pajamas. Sarah made me a bookmark with musical notes, and Amy presented me with my Mother’s Day gift of a customized deck of cards. We like playing cooperative double solitaire together, and now I will always be ready. Every… Read more »

Yes, but… That is how I have responded to so many suggestions over the years, especially from my mother. Maybe it has been that way with everyone, but she is the one who pointed out years ago that I was a good “yes, but-er.” I am that indeed. This week I noticed it physically, how… Read more »

This has been A Big Week. You may have read about some of these things in the news. The First Big Thing is that on Tuesday a short but intense thunderstorm ripped through Pittsburgh, uprooting trees, breaking parts of trees, ripping roofs off of some buildings, and taking out the power for approximately 325,000 people…. Read more »

Last Sunday morning we woke up in Florida, had our last amazing breakfast at our favorite restaurant, did our Easter hunt, and flew home. The next day Amy had school, much to her chagrin because that is how she always feels about school these days and this week was PSSA testing week. Sarah didn’t have… Read more »