To Laugh Often

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to… Read More →

The Results

With all the work we’ve been doing with Mariah to prepare her for last weekends pageant, I didn’t have the time or energy to write anything. My bad. I’ve had a few people… Read More →

The Reality

picking up from where I left off on “Take Chances” ……. It wasn’t until we reached the orientation that I realized the extent of her limitations. Her IV was in her right arm… Read More →

Take Chances

The first of these lessons learned that I’m going to share came from my daughter. Even though she’s my middle child, I’ve decided to share her story first because out of all of… Read More →

Lessons Learned

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”  ― Robert Frost Sometimes life throws you a curve ball, or three. These last couple of months have taught… Read More →

Shhhhh

Madness of Time

Life has gotten crazy.     CRAZY! Crazy busy, crazy stories, crazy people and crazy times. Sound fun? Not really.   I’ll start with the biggest time consumer of them all…. baseball. Mr… Read More →

Spoon of Sugar (23)

……. picking up from “Turning Red (22)” in the posts on My Journey Here My dad came home from work late that night. Karen was already in bed and I hoped she was sleeping.… Read More →

Did you know..?

Some of my favorite conversations happen in the car either going to a store or coming home from one. This one is no different. The hubby and I had to do some grocery… Read More →

Turning Red (22)

….. picking up from “Fruitstriped Gum (21)”  from my posts on My Journey Here Receiving a letter from my mom changed the entire tone of the house. I could sense that something had… Read More →