A few months ago I received an email from my father’s cousin. I’d never met her. In fact, my father hadn’t seen in her many, many years. But she’d found one of my articles online, one I’d written about my great-grandfather …
10 Things That Excite Me about my Empty Nest
Today we take our youngest child to college. We move him in and drive home to an empty house. While I will miss having kids around on a daily basis, there are things that excite me about the Empty Nest stage of life. Here are …
Keep Dreaming
As a dating/engaged/newly married couple we spent lots of time dreaming about our first house. And our dream house. Of course life does what it does and alters what you think you want. Or what you need. Or what you can …
How We Roll on Vacation
Last week we traveled to Missouri with my parents, my sisters, brother, and their spouses to celebrate my parents' 50th anniversary. It was a great getaway with just the adults. We laughed a ton, soaked in the sun, ate good …
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!
Fifty years ago today, she met him at the altar. Fifty years ago today, he left his father and mother to cleave unto his wife. Fifty years of good times. Fifty years of rough patches. Fifty years watching four kids grow, …
Dinner and a Show
As of today, we have been married for twenty-six years! Last year we celebrated a quarter-century with an amazing trip to Savannah and St. Simons Island. (This picture was taken on St. Simon's Island last year.) This year we …
I Can’t Think When My Closets Are Cluttered
January of 2009 marked the beginning of the ensuing chaos. We marched toward our first high school graduation. During the same time, my writing career began to go places. So between kids and work, my house started down the …
A Sunday Psalm
We celebrated our final high school graduate this weekend. Congratulations to the Class of 2013 at all levels, the ones who have persevered and received their diplomas and degrees. God has many good things planned for you! …
The Piano Man
My BFF is an accomplished pianist and vocalist. When my kids were young, she took each of them to the piano over a period of time to see if they had any innate musical ability. My youngest son took to it like a duck to water. …
My Girl
We spent the better part of the past weekend with our daughter in Louisiana. Although she will not graduate until December, this was her final Phi Mu Carnation Ball (her sorority formal) as an active member. Last year we came …