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Saying Good-bye to Aunt Linda

The last couple of weeks things have gotten muddy. Problems. Death. Loss. Hurricanes. Math. My broken website. Cold feet. Problems.…

5 years ago

Disappointments and Limitations: Starting a New School in a New State

School started back yesterday.  This was an exciting event that I'd finished in high gloss and framed in my mind…

6 years ago

Real Army Wives: Time to Build a Support Network

******This is the 12th chapter in the series The Real Army Wives, stories from a young military bride at the…

7 years ago

Tom Sawyer and the Most Important Commandment in the Bible

Sometimes I choose involuntary titles to read to my children. As in, I pick the book, and they have to…

7 years ago

2 Month Moving Update

I guess life has settled down into a new normal here at our new casa. Thus begins the 1st year…

8 years ago

Why Cope When You Can Conquer?

I've been reading this book. It looks like this: Why Cope When You Can Conquer?  It's an encouraging book. It…

8 years ago

Mother Teresa and the Man Covered in Worms

Today I want to share a story that has inspired me to no end. I can't forget this story. I…

8 years ago

Bring it on, 2016!

After a 19-day vacation to see our folks, it warmed our hearts to find this in our driveway when we…

8 years ago

You know what, I DO “feel better when I’m dancin’!”

It's FRIDAY!!!!! And I have this song in my head: What a week. More shootings, more Facebook shaming, more Christmas…

8 years ago

I believe in humility, in acknowledging that I don’t have all the answers.

Is the Christmas stress beginning to set in for any of you? I can feel it. Christmas is more of…

8 years ago