For the last 15 years very few people have known exactly how old I am. Oh, I know what you’re thinking; you think I’m one of those vain women who quit counting their birthdays at 29 or 35 or whatever age makes them feel like they’re still young, hip and happening. Well, not exactly. I [...]
On April 21st, I watched quietly while small tears leaked from my eyes, as my husband gave our youngest daughter Jess away to Chambliss, not with a kiss on the cheek but with an exploding tater hand bump complete with sound effects by Jess. I stood by the dance floor and watched as David and [...]
It’s hard to believe but less than a year has passed since we sold David’s parents’ house in Illinois. In just 4 days’ time we attempted to get my in-laws’ three story house of 40 years picked through, sorted into what goes to their condo in Florida, what goes to their bedroom in Tennessee, what [...]
In an effort to keep our three dogs from slurping up all the bright foil wrapped Easter chocolates and strewing green, pink and yellow plastic Easter grass all up and down our hallway, we put the kids Easter baskets on the fireplace hearth in our bedroom. We would then hide the brightly colored plastic Easter [...]