She calls me "Mama Leisha"

I will never forget the first Christmas James and I spent together as a newly married couple.  We lived in a very small, two bedroom apartment that did not have air conditioning, a dishwasher, o...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/12/thesis-for-christmas.html

Metaphorically speaking, I often feel as though my life is a vast sea of monotony and I am drowning in it.  Okay, okay!  Maybe not “drowning.”  That does sound a bit dramatic.  More like,...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/11/im-thankful-for-arm-floaties.html

James and I were married on the 16th of August, in the Logan LDS temple.  (Seven years ago!)  It was a beautiful, summer morning–blue skies dotted by the occasional cotton-like cloud, and a w...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/11/im-thankful-he-showed-up.html

My little man, Camren, is a cuddler.  He loves to be picked up, held, carried, hugged, and cuddled by me.  I love it!  I feel blessed to have such a cuddly baby, especially when his soft chubb...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/10/cam-cuddles.html

For as long as I live, I will never forget the moment I walked into the Grande Galerie of the Louvre museum in Paris, France.  There was a palpable energy in the air of that magnificent place. ...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/09/i-heart-art.html

My baby girl is four years old today.  As I prepare to celebrate with pink cupcakes and princess castles, I can not help but think back to the moment of her birth–the awe and joy I felt when I...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/09/four-years.html

My daughter, Lilly, loves to lend a helping hand in the kitchen. She laboriously drags a chair from our dinner table across the sandstone-colored tile floor in my kitchen, to the small counter sp...

https://www.callmemamaleisha.com/2010/09/chicken-bra.html