Spring is always a busy time at our house. Lots of travel and several birthdays. And Easter. Which was quite a whirlwind this year, but a lovely time with family. My in-laws came to visit for the week. They arrived …
Guest Post: Crystal Caudill
Hey y'all! My friend Crystal is posting for me today. If you haven't read her historical romance/mystery books, you should! Now here's Crystal: There is Only One Way to Do ItIf we’ve not met, you probably don’t know that …
The Life I Never Imagined
Life takes us through lots of twists and turns, doesn’t it? Even when we have a plan, things tend to go as we least expect. I think about that a lot these days. Why? Because I never imagined Jeff and I living the life we …
A peek into my (very distant) past
This is a story of boxes lost and found. Or rather found, because I really didn’t know they were lost! When we sold our house in Rockwall after our move to Austin in 2015, I found some things we’d forgotten up in our …
Three Plays in Three Days
We aren’t usually this social. And while we love musicals and plays, we don’t usually attend the theatre this often. But everything came together as a perfect storm, and we found ourselves in the audience three times in three …
The Things We Do for Love
The old 1970s song “The Things We Do for Love” ran through my head often last week. And while it’s a song about romantic love, my context was the love of parents for children and grandparents for grandchildren. You see, …
Backyard Days
I’m not an outdoorsy girl by any means, but I love my backyard. Not becuase it’s beautiful. And not because there is any gardening to do—it’s just grass—I simpy the cozy space and the peace it provides. Because we are on …
Two 80th Birthdays!
We spent last week celebrating two new octogenarians! My mom turned 80 on August 28. We celebrated big in July, with much of the family enjoying Park City, Utah, for a few days. But Mom was quick to remind us during that …
Escape to the Mountains
Following a few days of business meetings for my husband, my extended family convened in Park City, Utah to escape the Texas heat and celebrate (a month early) my mom’s birthday. My mom will turn 80 in August. For my …
Sisters
My sisters and I have not always been close. Debra is two years younger than me, so growing up was often fraught with conflict. (Mostly at my instigation, I will now admit!) Dawn is almost ten years younger than me and …