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…
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…
My husband and I have lived in Mississippi for 21 years now. We had no idea just how different our Southern experience in Texas was from Mississippi. We’ve often pondered it, making an effort to slow our speech the first few years until it became more natural, and making an effort to…