Jessica's Journal

[219/365] Falling

The trees are shedding. In some places, the ground is covered in a colorful blanket of leaves. In others, there are just a few scattered splashes of color. As the days get colder, the trees get more and more bare. The geese start to fly south. We’ll be hiding inside soon enough (unless there’s snow, […]

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[217/365] Making a List

One minute, he tells me how disappointed he is that Halloween is over because Christmas isn’t as much fun; the next minute, he declares, “I need to start writing my Christmas list for Santa!” Ah, so now you remember the magic of Christmas. 😉 For the record, he’s hoping Santa leaves him some bananas in

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[216/365] Sports Day

While the Red Sox were celebrating their World Series Championship with a parade in Boston, Joshua was busy playing his own sports. It’s time for a season switch. Goodbye, soccer. Hello, hockey! So far, hockey is going a bit more smoothly than soccer, but I still wonder if swimming will be his sport, since he

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[214/365] Treat

It was a treat to be able to take some time off of work to watch this little cowboy march with his schoolmates in their annual Halloween parade. He was so excited about Halloween this year; I haven’t had this much fun with it in a long time.

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MixTape: Halloween Edition

From Jen: This week’s topic for our Halloween week is Scary songs. You may take full liberty with this topic my friends. Scary because of the content? The appearance of the performer or the song is just that darn bad. Or maybe you have some definition I haven’t thought of yet. Get on it. I

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[212/365] Hair

This poor scarecrow is falling apart, but it’s still wicked cool. Go Red Sox! I am fighting with my own hair lately, just wearing it up because it’s so unruly. Actually, that’s nothing new. It’s always been wild and curly. I’ve always wished it were straight. Every time I want to complain about it, though,

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[211/365] Just For You

Sometimes, I have those thoughts. The ones that say I’m not good at anything, that people don’t like me, that no one cares about me, that no one is on my side. The ones that make me hate myself. That make me doubt my writing, my photography, and everything else I share here. That make

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