Happy Birthday, Scott!

He’s 41 today, this man of my dreams.  We met 17 years ago today, his 24th birthday.   I remind him that I’m the best birthday present he ever got.  He smiles and kisses me on the forehead.  Our relationship has the easy ebb and flow of a friendship that […]

Catching Fireflies

this is what summer nights are made of … catching fireflies laughing with family remembering those gone on wrapping up in the warmth of a summer night What do you remember doing as a child in the summertime?   linking with Brooke for One Beautiful Thing

Celebrating Our Girl

This weekend we’ll be celebrating!  Another year of dance completed.   The girl has been in dance for 8 years now and we have loved watching her progress.   She’s becoming quite the performer!  And I think she’s pretty beautiful!! So tonight we’ll go out to to eat and buy […]

Scotty McCreery! FTW!

Occasionally as parents we are able to do something so fantastic for our kids that we create a dream come true.   It doesn’t happen often, I have found.  In fact, it often ends up being quite by chance.   But when it happens, it is most assuredly one beautiful […]

Happy Mother’s Day!!

For all the women who mother … by birth, through adoption, through child sponsorship, through teaching, through surrogacy, through simply loving the children (little and big!) God has placed in your path From my heart to yours … thank you! Happy Mother’s Day! For more thoughts on motherhood, may I […]