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May 8, 2025

Reflecting on Mother’s Day

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It’s coming. Mother’s Day. For those of us who have lost our. moms it can always be a tough time. No matter what your situation is with your own mom – Mother’s Day brings on an avalanche of emotions. While I am joyful remembering so Continue reading →

April 23, 2025

Forty Years Later

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. That is one of my all time favorite pictures. Micah at about a day old just chilling in his bassinet in the hospital. He slept like that often and I think that is how he was all curled up inside of me and it Continue reading →

March 13, 2025

Sibling Time

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My family is VERY important to me. My siblings have become increasingly vital to my life especially after the death of my mom in 2020. I see so many families who have real rifts and it just makes me sad. I can just not imagine Continue reading →

February 5, 2025

Wordless Wednesday

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A couple pictures from the past and there is an amazing similarity….. Continue reading →

January 9, 2025

Soft and Functional

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Kids say the darnedest things sometimes. 4 year olds are constantly surprising.. Time spent with grandchildren is never dull. All of these statements are true and after spending 6 days over the holidays with our sweet Theo I am holding all the memories close and Continue reading →

December 18, 2024

One in a Million

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You hear that phrase all of the time – one in a million. Let me tell you –I am married to that one in a million guy and today is a special birthday for him. I am whisking him away or as he says “kidnapping” Continue reading →

November 11, 2024

Remembering My Mom

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Yesterday would have been my mom’s 95th birthday. It is difficult for me to realize that it has been almost 4 years since she passed away. So many days I think about telling her something. I guess that never goes away, does it? When you Continue reading →

August 9, 2024

Regrets? I’ve Had Very Few.

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Life stories, Thoughts, Writing/ 41 Comments/ 4328

Reflecting about regrets today and how they shape who we are. Continue reading →

May 10, 2024

Another Motherless Mother’s Day

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Holiday/ 9 Comments/ 531

Another Mother’s Day is approaching. While we revere mothers, not everyone has positive experiences and it is a difficult day for many.  For those who have had difficult relationships with their own mothers, for those who wished to be mothers but couldn’t for various reasons. Continue reading →

April 11, 2024

Celebrations and Eclipse Ohio Style

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Travel, Writing/ 6 Comments/ 507

It’s been a great couple of weeks and Chris and I just got back from a road trip to Ohio – land of buckeyes and gray skies. The original reason for the trip was to celebrate some milestones in the lives of my sister and Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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