May 12 2011
Ruth Huber Park is usually crowded, filled with soccer balls and the children who kick them, toddlers and the parents who swing them. Filled with noise and sunshine. But, at 6 AM, the park is quiet and misty. The Quadragenarian makes her way pass the playground equipment and toward the line of trees on the …
May 09 2011
This is, in its own way, a love letter about my friend’s husband, Dan, who has passed on to Heaven. I’ve known Dan’s wife, admired her, and mimicked her for two decades. Two strong decades filled with many births and too many deaths. She has embodied the type of friend, wife and mother that I …
May 09 2011
In continuing my count of the One Thousand Gifts that God has blessed me with, I started to think about the things that I don’t have. The things that I have never experienced are numerous indeed. Not every list is a Bucket List, a catalog of things that you want to do before you “kick …
May 08 2011
There is no perfect mother, just as their is no perfect child. But, interestingly, as moms we have greater aptitude at forgiving our children for the mistakes that they make than we have for forgiving ourselves. I look at the lessons my children have learned, through the mistakes that they have made and –that’s what …
May 07 2011
I am excited to participate is this particular Blog Hop. I think it is important to go back and reevaluate your work. It is a good time to see what worked and what didn’t. Plus, it is a way to see how faithful God was through the month. For myself, for April, I chose, B is …
May 07 2011
I know most of the names of the characters, and I can answer the easier questions about the movie in a game of LOTR Trivial Pursuit. I have hosted a marathon in my home, though I personally had to leave the house, somewhere between Hobbiton and Mordor, to go for a walk and get some …
May 06 2011
“Colors spinning, shapes twisting, the change is what makes it fascinating, this kaleidoscope of give and take that begins the day your daughter is born.” ~J.J.Sill I have a mother, and I know her name. I learned her name as a young girl, when she was at work and I was at home. Reaching up …
May 04 2011
Never have been asked to photograph my refrigerator, but what the heck? Anything For The Love Of Blogs: getting fit!! No one can blame Mom if their not eating healthy! Snacks are ready to go! Wouldn’t it be nice if chopped onions and fried rice came in little containers like eggs? Wait! You weren’t supposed …
May 04 2011
Inept unable to write, mind much too clogged An Idea, an Inception Involvement from others, never planned by myself Ingenious, perhaps, can’t call it my own. Insecure unable to write, mind still too clogged An intimidation, an …
May 03 2011
The way things worked out, today, on “H” day, I had an appointment at the hair salon. So, while it isn’t deep, meaningful or moving, my word for today is, quite simply, hair. Most women have a love~hate relationship with their hair. It’s hard not to, when this creature that exists on the top of …
