She is a cute girl, I remember thinking, the first time I ever saw Jovan. She was the younger sister of one of Tredessa's good friends and so, for a time, she was known to me as "Carli's sister."
When we finally knew her by her name, Dave and I kept pronouncing it all exotic-like [...]
This is not a political post. It just made me smile.
They came from Kansas and Missouri and Vegas and Oregon. It wasn't a large group this time. The only "nexgen" cousins were my kids and their kids (and Debbie and Mark's 2 cuties). But my husband's siblings and spouses and his dad got together over the period of a week in late July in various groups and increments which [...]
My daughter Stephanie sent this to me when I complained about not getting enough comments from my kids. I thought it was hilarious and the suggestion about posting notes on the fridge as an alternative sometimes seems a valid alternative.
Why do we blog anyway? We want to be heard. We have a voice, things to [...]
Whenever I write a comment on some one else's blog, I always hesitate before clicking the "submit" button. I don't really like that button. I don't really like submitting. So in that moment, I always wonder, "Is this comment worth me having to 'submit'?"
Dave is running a CONTEST on his site. He will be giving away 3 copies of Amy Grant's new book, Mosaic - Pieces of My Life So Far. All you have to do is share, in 500 words or less, about your favorite Amy Grant song and why you love it. Dave will be the [...]
I recently wrote about being a baby-book-challenged mom and my failure to properly record, in book form, the history of my 5 children (see it here). Oh, occasionally I did some work on the baby books. I started pretty well with Tara's before she was born. I got all the baby shower gifts recorded. Each [...]
The water-starved begonias are actually thrilled at the current cold nights and cool days and are full and lush and happier than they've been all year. The potted petunias have even happily brightened in color and fattened in the fall weather.
The birdhouse gourds and pumpkin patch have browning vines, indicating they have done all they [...]
The lead character in the musical, Oliver sings:
Who will buy this beautiful morning
and put it in a box for me?
So I can see it at my leisure,
whenever things go wrong.
And I can keep it as a treasure
to last my whole life long?"
I failed my children in baby-booking. I did. I just stunk at it. Their entire [...]
I've been writing some advice letters to my sweet friend, Audrey, who is about to be married. She said I could. At my age - you love doling out the advice! Haha! There are 2 previous letters to Audrey here and here.
Dear Audrey,
Words are powerful. Words can bring life or death. It is a sad [...]
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