I was sitting at my kitchen table while my husband was Skyping a soon-to-be bride. Not just any bride, this once little girl had asked my husband to officiate her wedding because he was her pastor when she was a kid. Her grandmother had brought her to church on a regular basis and now that […]
“Go plane! Go plane!” Lincoln screams every time he hears my voice. Whether FaceTime or speaker phone my little three year old grandson knows that in order to see grandma one of us has to get on a plane. “I miss Mugga,” little two year old Jacob laments. Jacob prefers calling me Mugga over Grandma. […]
My dear husband asked me on a date. We were fitting this date in-between the arrival of grand-baby number three and his impending knee replacement surgery. Let’s call it our last hurrah. I decided in my head that it was going to be a perfect night, and part of it being a perfect night included […]
November of 1987 I was waiting for what was to be the most monumental and life changing event of my life. One that would bring me more joy, laughter, tears, and celebration than I could have ever imagined. This epic change would mark my identity almost as much as saying “I do” some five years […]
I have an unusual attachment to coffee mugs. There was one particular mug, which after years of daily use, my adored mug cracked. It felt like a crack in my heart. I set out on a hunt for a replacement mug, but to no avail. Discouraged, I put a plea on Facebook to see if […]
This is the time of year where we look at our past year and forge on to the next. Many make new year’s resolutions. Did you make a list of resolutions for last year? As I look back on last year I am reminded of one of the most growing years of my life. It […]
I was catching a fight, and as I was waiting to board, I noticed a young mom with a beautiful baby girl. My eyes fixed on this tiny little beautiful baby. “She’s beautiful,” I said to the stunning mom. This sparked a conversation. All grandmother’s love talking about their grandchildren, and most new mom’s like […]
Sometimes you just have to seize the opportunity when you have it. On Thanksgiving this year while the rest of the family was in the other part of the house enjoying each other I decided to interview my 96 year old father-in-law. You can hear the family in the back round so it’s not the […]
There are many things to consider when questioning if it’s time to get married, and if the person you’re with is “the one.” There are many factors. One I often tell people to consider is whether or not “this one” is someone you want to serve the rest of your life. Entering into marriage is […]
My daughter and I took a walk with little guy in his stroller. “Today,” my daughter said, “I want to head up to Target to get patio chairs.” As we headed back with a significant trek still ahead of us, we noticed there were two wicker chairs sitting by the curb at a home along […]
