She may not have wanted the burden of a family once she had it but she took care of us all. The family she ended up with was her cross to bear. There is a restlessness in some of us, like my mom, that my grandmother recognized. She never could figure out how to “mother” that.
Funny Easter Story, Another Holiday That Tries to Turn Me Into a Liar
Another holiday trying to turn me into a liar. When taking our twins to the mall to get a photograph with the Easter Bunny they peer into his mouth and declare, “I see you! I can see the man inside the bunny costume”
The Reality of Friday Nights for Parents of Older Kids
Last night we ended up with a gaggle of teenage boys fishing in the pond behind the house. Not a bad way for 15 year-olds to spend a Friday evening. It did end with one of our sons getting stitches. How many times have we as mother said don’t throw rocks and no swinging […]
Four-leaf clover patch…Peter’s Tiananmen Square
We have something amazing. We have our own little patch of good luck. We have an entire patch of four leaf clovers that come back year after year. I walk out of our front door every day and that little patch of four leaf clovers reminds me of how lucky we are. How blessed our […]
Guess Where I Was?
If you know me at all you know I live on Facebook. If it’s not on Facebook then it didn’t happen. (You can click the link to make sure we are FB friends because we should TOTALLY be) You would be a doll to like my Facebook page because that is like feeding me cookies. […]
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