This weekend was another happy college football weekend for our family, if you don't count the outcome of the game. It was especially delicious for us because all our children were there, our son-in-law, our grandson, other relatives and lots of friends, old and new. Football weekends are always very busy and loud with cannons,… Continue reading Breaking News
It's finally fall. In Texas we've been enduring ridiculous October days with high temperatures in the 90s. This makes us cranky, unable to breathe and creates fashion problems because you cannot wear sweaters and cute boots when you are having a heat stroke. We can't decorate because pumpkins rot so fast in hot weather and… Continue reading Beautiful Letting Go
Our nest is now empty. I know in an earlier blog I wrote about not calling it empty. I wrote bravely about calling it a wider nest that stretches practically all over Texas. But, right now, I'd like to retract that thought because the reality is, it is empty here. We have three empty bedrooms...all… Continue reading The Fine Art of Embracing
When I was 7 months pregnant with our first child, I led a seminar in the church I was serving on "How to Cope When Your Kids Go to College." I have a background in Pastoral Counseling so I guess I believed I was using that knowledge to teach. Now, I just think it is… Continue reading The Nest
Last year, on this very day, I was at our daughter's home, awaiting the birth of our grandson, when I paused to take a picture of a beautiful sunset. I took one tiny step off their back porch and fell in an ever so slight hole with one foot and broke my ankle on the… Continue reading When Broken Things Heal
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