My step­son has been put on alert for deploy­ment to Afghanistan. Prob­a­bly leav­ing next sum­mer for more intense train­ing with actual time to Afghanistan in Octo­ber.
How do we do this? My prayer is that a whole lot of things be accom­plished between now and then so that his going is not nec­es­sary. In talk­ing to […]

If you are one of the three or four peo­ple that read my blog, you have prob­a­bly noticed that the for­mat allows for the names of peo­ple who com­ment. You will also notice that the same peo­ple com­ment over, and over and over. Can I just ask????? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?? Sher­man? Amanda? Appar­ently two […]

I read this today in a book called “Tend­ing Roses” by Lisa Wingate and thought it worth shar­ing.
“The secret to a happy life is not in get­ting what you want. It is learn­ing to want what you get. Don’t waste your time cry­ing over what you’re not given. When you have tears in your eyes, […]

Today is my old­est daugh­ters birth­day. She is turn­ing the beau­ti­ful age of 36. She is one of the most amaz­ing women I know, and I don’t just say that because she is my daugh­ter. She works for a major cor­po­ra­tion, owns a home, jug­gles God knows how many balls in the air at one […]

I have had the spe­cial priv­i­lege this week­end to be the recip­i­ent of our grand­sons new desire for unlim­ited “lap time”. It is beyond cute watch­ing him pick up a toy, a book, or a new play thing and back up expect­ing to sit down on your lap and you had bet­ter be ready because […]

I’m won­der­ing if it is just me.
Lately I am hear­ing ring tones for cell phones all over the place, even if there is no phone any­where near me. I hear them in the dis­tance, on ads, on the radio, in the car.  Worse still, is think­ing I am hear­ing a ring tone, and know­ing it […]

Wel­come to the world beau­ti­ful baby girl Mae­lyn!
6# 13 ozs  and 21 inches of spit­ting image of dad, who, by the way, has already fallen head over heals for you kiddo. Guess who will be able to wrap dad around her lit­tle fin­ger real soon??
And your mom? Watch­ing her labor with you, scared but deter­mined after […]