December 20, 2019

Cheater, Cheater!

As promised last week, today I am just recycling old Instagram and FB posts from previous years. Remember the old Saturday Night Live piece called “Deep Thoughts”? (Hilarious, and usually by Dana Garvey 😂). That will be some of these – others are truly IMPORTANT. Said with a self-important leer… Anyway, enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/BdDNeN3HYSq/?igshid=f01kilbwq9n3 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc9_JAZnuoV/?igshid=g804bd9bbvmm https://www.instagram.com/p/BccsFO0H8NH/?igshid=1jeeqbt2rkkwy The next two weeks, we will be enjoying some much-needed family time (last long holiday before the Oldest is a “working man” and the Middle is off to college!) Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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July 9, 2019

Summertime, Seventies-style

No one is allowed to get hurt anymore. Remember the days when we got slung off of merry-go-rounds, took headers out of trees, even went without seat belts in the car, for crying out loud?! Now it’s all safety regulations and FDA rules. As a mom myself, I get it. No one wants their babies to be injured. But seriously… **************** “Don’t come back in ‘til the streetlights come on!” my grandma hollered after us. I think we were on her last nerve. Me and my cousins came each summer to spend ten days with them and I know there […]

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June 25, 2019

Celebrations

Some things we celebrate are big – some are small. Tonight I celebrated being able to import and “split” my manuscript in Scrivener, a writing software I have been struggling to learn how to use. Yay, me! My mama, a former preacher’s wife, has always been great at celebrations. She could whip up a meal for 25 in no time. In the pre-Pinterest days, she would pull out all the stops for our birthdays, making our cakes, sewing our clothes, and in general, showering us with love. I’m no domestic goddess like her. I do love to celebrate my people, […]

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May 28, 2019

Encouragement to Persevere

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference. – Max Lucado Praying aloud can be difficult, I agreed with my youngest son. That is why it takes practice. The weird thing is that we feel judged by those who hear us while forgetting that we aren’t talking to them. The One we are talking to is taking in every word with delight. It was one of those in-the-car, early morning times […]

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