Lessons From Mama

My mama taught me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.” I guess in this incidence, I followed her advice, at least in the verbal sense.  Nothing exited my lips.  However, I did communicate. My mama had a way with her looks as well.  She could communicate with her eyes. The narrowing and piercing stare had … Continue reading →

Exiting the Expressway

This expressway is exhausting. Overflowing schedules of events and activities run into more appointments and meetings.  Life becomes an expressway of bumper to bumper, life-packed, overcrowded, backed-up traffic jam.  The days fill up and empty me out.  Night comes and my head hits the pillow with a thud. Dropping off one kid to pick up another…running … Continue reading →

Unwrapping 43

Last week, I celebrated the Big 43.  I remember when I turned 28 for 4 years in a row.  For some reason, the age number bothered me then, but now, not so much.  It’s just a number that counts the years I’ve lived, not how young or old I feel. So to celebrate, I planned … Continue reading →

Inside the Packaging

My head was pounding in sync with the foot stomps from the upstairs bedroom. I grabbed the newly purchased ibuprofen bottle; trusting relief would come soon. The box was a generous 3 inches in height, with the bottle inside standing tall at an easy 2 1/2 inches.  I ripped off the plastic wrapper, popped the … Continue reading →

The Iron Man Gift of Love

For a while now, Matt has been informing me of his desire to be Iron Man.  He’s in that stage of pretend; everything is real— from cooking meals in his pretend kitchen to driving spaceships through the sky.  Wanting to be Iron Man is just one more desire in the land of pretend. Last week, Emily and I … Continue reading →

What Does the Fox Say?

Our dinner time, as a family, is pretty light and conversational.  It’s usually filled with sharing something one of us heard, read or witnessed during the day… be it a book, video, movie, or news of the day, etc. On one such day this week, my hubby decided to introduce a new song to the family … Continue reading →

Book Give-Away {One Thousand Gifts}

I’m always looking for more books and great reads to plunk down on that ever-increasing pile next to my bed. I used to read only one book at a time.  I wouldn’t start another until I had finished the first one.  Then I discovered there’s way too many great books, genres and authors to read just one at … Continue reading →