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"Coming Down the Hill"--is that what it's called? We’re celebrating a milestone birthday for hubby today.  The question is, how to do it properly? Ten years ago, I was able to surprise him although he really put…

We’ve had beautiful weather here in central Mississippi this week.  My daughter was rejoicing last week that classes at her community college had been dismissed so that students could enjoy homecoming festivities at the main campus 40…

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of joining hubby as he attended a conference in Washington, D.C.  It was our first time back in the city since 2014 when took three little kids on a homeschool…

Last week was too pretty to last. Now, I fondly recall that first morning when I opened the back door to let my pound puppy out for her potty break to unexpectedly encounter just a puff…

Earlier this year, a friend offered his home in Hawaii to our family for a vacation get-away, and on his third offer, hubby finally accepted.  The home is on the big island in Kona. Hubby started working…

It’s a special day. I’m thinking about my daddy today on his birthday.  It’s been almost eight years since he passed away, and I will always miss him. He was THE BEST Papa! He's sporting a Pooh…

It’s been a few weeks since I posted to the blog.  A LOT has happened since then.  My daughter spent a week in D.C. with 45 other young people from around the nation on an American Youth Corp…

Last week, I saw some old friends and got to tell them the good news of my third (unofficially adopted) child.  She’s engaged to be married! The man she’s marrying is an honest-to-goodness answer to prayer—a lot…

If you have three children, then you've probably heard the following joke: When your first child swallows a dime, you head immediately to the emergency room and insist on X-rays and surgical removal of the offending…