Having a child is like wearing your heart outside of your body. Erma Bombeck SecondSon bought a new house. We went to see it today. I love it! He loves it! The house itself needs work, yes, but it’s definitely worthy of being called Home. The land on which Home sets upon is DIVINE. IContinue reading “Yay But Nay”
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Happy 30th, ThirdSon
Swiggity-swag. ThirdSon’s fave quote So let’s be honest. He’s my favorite child. Just ask him. 😉 Here’s why he thinks he’s my fave… he came out crying thirty years ago. Red, pissed off, scrunched up, and crying. He continued to cry for four years. Not a typo. Four years. He cried for four years. Four.Continue reading “Happy 30th, ThirdSon”
Happy 27th, FourthSon
He’s my fourth son… and among FiveBeautifulSouls who have taught me more about Life and Love and Forgiveness and Hope and Surrender than any others. Thank you, FourthSon and cheers to you, to us, on your 27th! Me AKA “Mammy” He calls me Mammy. Paw and Mammy. He’s just so funny and incredibly responsible, logical,Continue reading “Happy 27th, FourthSon”
WWWWhore
Confession: I am a YouTube whore. #sorrynotsorry #introverthacks #welcometomyhumor I discovered the worldwideweb of videos a few years ago. There’s everything from teaching to venting, inspiring to educating. I just so dig it. Yesterday, I created my first ever “Southern-style Chicken ‘n Dumplings.” And it turned out so good! (Recipe below.) We’re in what manyContinue reading “WWWWhore”
Cotton Balls
Cotton balls. Curious how the most ordinary things can stir up in me a memory and a feeling in my body. And – weird – cotton balls? Yep, those little white swabby things. I use them to take off nail polish. This particular cluster of white soft fuzzies came in the top of a supplementContinue reading “Cotton Balls”
The Best Thing Ever
Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels It’s early January and yet the ground is green, just a bit of snow left from Christmas Eve’s stormy white. Snowperson fell over yesterday in the thaw, hat upside down next to its round base. More snow is on the way, I’m sure. This is the cycle, isn’t it? Snow, white &Continue reading “The Best Thing Ever”
What’s In A Box?
Every year, since all five of my children were wee ones, my husband goes out a few days before Christmas and creates for each of them their very own “food box.” Food box, you query? What is a food box and, more to the point, why a food box? Wellllll, there are five of them.Continue reading “What’s In A Box?”
Writing Every Day Down 