An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
The theme for the week is HOSPITALITY! If that’s not a Southern thang, then I don’t know what is! It’s been weighing on my mind this week, especially now that it appears that COVID-19 pandemic just might be coming under some amount of control, folks are getting vaccinated, and governors…
I’ve been composing this blog entry in my mind for a few months but never felt like the timing was right to publish it. Also, I don’t want anyone to think I’m trying to be super-spiritual; I’m just writing about my own personal experiences and trying to let the Lord lead…
My daughter and I are taking a trip this weekend to Pensacola, Florida, for a Bible Quiz Extravaganza! This is her idea of a special girls’ weekend getaway that also covers the expectation of a “fun trip” in honor of her 16th birthday (which happened last April). She will not only be observing…
My firstborn child turned 20 this week, and I’m no longer the mother of “three amazing teenagers,” as my brother-in-law noted. I need to update my bio! The story of Nate is an interesting one. Hubby and I tried for years to get pregnant and were beginning to think that it…
The Spring semester of my middle child’s senior year is zipping by, and I’m beginning to get into senior mom mode. For my oldest, I created a scrapbook of his school years, kindergarten through 12th grade, as a place to show just how much he’d changed through the years. The…
There’s a blizzard going on outside my window today, and I’m so thankful for a warm home and a gas fireplace. It’s rare for Mississippi to see so much snow and ice! It’s been about six weeks since I wrote my list of New Year’s Resolutions. I think it’s time for a…
Valentine’s Day is just a few days away, and I joined the throngs of people scoping out cards at our local Hallmark store this morning. On any other week of the year, I’d be one of maybe two people meandering the aisles of the little store, but today I had to…
I’ve worked for several weeks on a huge oil painting that’s going to hang in the waiting room of one of my husband’s clinics. I used a photo from the web for a reference and then I let my imagination run away. In fact, hubby and I took a quick trip…
It’s been raining for days, and the forecast predicts more rainy days ahead, which is typical for Mississippi in January. My poor pup is about to lose her mind with all the inactivity after a year of daily walks in the neighborhood. Some evenings she tucks her long, unwieldy tail between her…
A few weeks ago, hubby asked me to “do something” for a friend who would soon be starting a new job. The friend had confessed to feeling some amount of trepidation, and he wanted to reassure her of our family’s support. The position is in an office with a lot of staff…