-
Carrabbas seemed fancier tonight than I remembered. At first I thought it was because I was painfully aware of the little barefoot, grubby-toed person in our party (he meant to put shoes on…). But then, Cade held up his white linen napkin halfway through...
-
I have a glass enclosed end table, where I keep pretty stuff. But when I opened it today to pack up its contents, I was surprised to find some pretty nasty stuff in there, too. Flies. Dead ones. Lots and lots of them, scattered around my Hummel and crystal...
-
Yesterday, with Cade in my cart while I waited in a very crowded line at Costco, I leaned over and kissed his neck. With great exasperation (and a slight giggle), he said, "Mom! You're kissing me right in the middle of traffic !" Sometimes...
-
We’re moving! Which means every single household belonging will pass through my hands in the coming weeks… twice! When you pack, you unearth trifles and trinkets you didn’t know you had, which unearths memories that you didn't realize you had! Supposing...
-
After having our extended family over to celebrate Cade's seventh birthday yesterday, a bunch of us went down to our neighborhood pool. My dad sat down near the rest of us, but Cade said, "Papaw, let's go sit over there so we can have a private...
-
My friend, Chris , posted a story today from TODAYshow.com about a $9,000 engagement ring being lost down a jetty. Our engagement story isn't quite as dramatic... but, almost. (For part 1, go here .) After walking along a riverbank, Ken suggested...
-
Recently, I walked Lindsay over to the teen section of the library. A woman was there, working on the display of newest books for teens. She was moving aside the vampire books to make room for the new werewolf ones. When I made a comment about, 'enough...
-
Last week, I got to help direct a Worship Arts Camp that all three of my kids took part in. On Monday, the seventy-five bouncy, bubbly children who arrived at church were greeted by a bunch of smiling adults with big ideas of music, drama, choreography...
-
There are two types of people in this world: Those who think it's perfectly normal for family members who are incapable of using a toilet to claim the front yard as their bathroom. And... those who don't. (think it's normal) I fit into the...
-
Our friend, Dale, called my parents this afternoon and said, "I heard you went deer hunting last night." They didn't have to hunt high and low; just straight ahead. The deer was staring right into their headlights from the middle of the...
-
A couple years ago, there was a new administrative assistant in my husband's area at work. Ken had been introduced to her several times, but he's not always great with names. He stopped by her desk and asked, "Hey, can I leave this with you...
-
I was standing in the 3 foot end of our neighborhood pool, when four-year-old Cole said, “Mommy, look what I can do!” From the pool deck beside me, he did a perfect dive that arched straight toward the bottom of the pool. Horrified, I yanked him up from...
-
Cole is quite proud of the red bandanna pillow he made at Camp Calvary. Yes, my boy took the Sewing Class. He wanted to do archery, but apparently all the boys did. So he was assigned to Sewing, where there was ample room in the circle of fair maidens...
-
This weekend, we drove by the apartment Ken lived in when I first met him, and reminisced about the day he was packing to move out. It had been my idea for him to move to the other side of town, so I was there helping him pack. Surprisingly, he suggested...
-
With two-year-old granddaughter Lindsay on her hip, my mom told the sales woman on the other side of the counter that she was there to pick up an order. The woman asked for her name, and Mom said, "Judie." As the woman left to retrieve the order...