Recently, I wrote about preparing our baby birds for leaving the nest and mentioned my husband and I struggled to teach our baby birds about finances. We tried. Some learned better than others. It looks different for each one. I also mentioned all three of our girls are productive members of society. Keep that in mind as you read the following story, please. And look for the Truth at the end. I’ve never met the Jones’ we are striving to keep up with and if I do, I might just trip them – or Keep Reading...
Hope Mommies Post
This is a very personal blog post I wrote for HopeMommies.org. Stones of Remembrance Keep Reading...
Grief and Fruit of the Spirit
This week I wrote a blog for Hope Mommies but I think it applies to anyone going through grief. You can check it out here. Keep Reading...
My Black Friday Lament
I went Black Friday shopping once. Once. Once was enough for me. It’s been years since that early morning craziness and I think I have finally recovered from the trauma. I had never heard of Black Friday until a friend told me how excited she was about “mapping out” the stores she and her sister would hit in the wee hours. She explained how, after the turkey was consumed and everyone was in their turkey coma, she and her sister would gather all of the sales ads from that day’s paper and Keep Reading...
Pieces of Santa
A few weeks ago when my husband and I were traveling to a different state for a college football game, we were touring the town’s quaint square filled with shops and restaurants. Even though it was only October, when my daughter spotted a “unique” Santa figurine that looked like it needed to be added to my collection, I bought it. The salesgirl wrapped it up (and I use that term "wrapped" very loosely) and she put it on the bottom of the bag. I had wondered off during the bagging of the Santa Keep Reading...
Suffering Well
My grandfather will be 98 years old in January. He fell last week, broke his hip, and had a hip replacement. While caring for him, I was reminded of something that I recently read and I want to share it here. This grandfather was married to my grandmother for 58 years and cared for her when she got leukemia until she passed away. He remarried a wonderful lady and they enjoyed seventeen years together. When she, at 99 years old, became ill and began to slip away, he cared for her (risking Keep Reading...
Fear versus Boldness
Fear or Fear Not It’s been a little over three weeks since my 23-year-old daughter had a preventive double mastectomy. She is moving into the healing stage just like she moved into the surgery stage – with bravery. I have spent the last three weeks processing many emotions and helping others to process theirs. Leading up to the surgery, I had to deal with those that do not understand. Those that thought the surgery was done out of fear. It was hard to convince Keep Reading...
My Claim to Fame
My Claim to Fame After moving to a new town and looking for a way to make new friends, I was delighted when my neighborhood decided to start a Bunko group. I had been a part of my previous Bunko group for fourteen years before we moved. Though some of the faces in the group changed throughout the years, the core group stayed the same. One of the gals even moved away for two years and then came back in when she moved back. Keep Reading...
It was a busy weekend as a "dance mom" and an Aggie parent during Parent's Weekend. Here is this week's post. I think the kinks are worked out of the "follow me by e-mail" so go ahead and register. I will not be posting more than once a week so you needn't worry about your inbox being overloaded. Keep Reading...
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At the urging of some friends, I have decided to start a blog. I'm not sure I totally understand the whole blog concept but I'm trying. It is a scary step for me to open my "writing" folder and share with you but I hope that my blog will encourage, inspire or simply cause you to grin. If you are family or one of my friends that I have had the joy of "doing life" with, be warned - you may show up here. Of course, I will change the names to protect the innocent. :) Below is my Keep Reading...
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