A Friday List…AGAIN

A Friday List…AGAIN

1.  What’s your favorite animated movie character? 2.  I’m partial to Gru from the Despicable Me series and Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. 3.  When I want to give my kids attention (read: feel convicted that I’m...
The Fight Against…?

The Fight Against…?

I have no tattoos. The other day I was having a conversation with a dear friend.  She is one of those people who tells it wonderfully as it is (sometimes that is code speak for “rude”” or inconsiderate) not so in this case.  She just lays it out...
A Very Specific Way to Heal

A Very Specific Way to Heal

I very often hear from people (thankfully) how much this blog has helped them.  It may be an email, or text, very often it’s when I bump into them face to face.  However, there is one thing no one has  ever said to me. “Thank you so much for linking your...
Anxiety

Anxiety

So, you’re 160 feet below the surface of the earth with your spouse and two kids and there is only one way in and one way out.  You are in a cave.  Water is dripping and there are actually pools of it around you.  What do you feel?  Me?  Nothing.  Totally fine. ...
Moving…On?

Moving…On?

A picture is worth a thousand words…well, let’s see about that.  You see, this picture was taken on Ocracoke island.  Go to the outer banks and go south, then south, then south, then get on a ferry (yes with your vehicle) and go south for another hour (on...
An Open Letter to Kennywood

An Open Letter to Kennywood

“We’re going to Disneyworld!!!” we yelled to our kids.  We had kept it a secret until we brought them home from school.  We had completed a crowdfunding drive that enabled us to go to Disneyworld and told our 3 kids just before we left for the...