I just read the most heartbreaking story. I can not get it off of my mind. The short version is that a couple lost hope. No one reached out to them when they needed it most. They were not able to access the help that Continue reading →
Dear Miss Insecurity, I just wanted to let you know that life is going to be so great for you! Right now you are in a a funk. You think that you have to have a boyfriend all of the time and that is just Continue reading →
*I was provided with an all expense paid trip as part of the Franklin County Harvest Bloggers Tour. All opinions expressed are 100% honest and my own. I realize that it is still winter in Iowa right now but the snow is gone and we Continue reading →
The North Iowa Bloggers were provided free pizzas by Kum and Go, Casey’s and Godfather’s to facilitate this taste testing. All of the views and opinions shared are honest and 100% my own. I billed the event as “epic” and I think it lived up to the Continue reading →
Recently I had someone say to me that they did not understand how I could move as much as I have moved in my life and it made me think about how my “normal” is not anyone else’s normal. I never thought much about it Continue reading →
What do you do when you are upset? When something unexplainable happens and your world is rocked to the very core? I write. I sit down and write it all out. I write and revise. I rewrite. I let my words flow and I Continue reading →
People say the darndest things sometimes. Here’s a list of what NOT to say. Continue reading →
I might have jinxed myself. Just maybe. I took this picture and posted it on Facebook on Friday when I left Minneapolis for Dothan, Alabama. I wrote “it’s always good when you see your suitcase being loaded”. That’s mine—the red one with Travel Queen pink Continue reading →
Serendipity. Serendipity means a “fortunate happenstance” or “pleasant surprise”. It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip. Continue reading →
Way back in October 2014 I was able to go with a few of the North Iowa Bloggers to a local hatchery in Rudd, Iowa. Why would I want to go to a hatchery, you ask? Because it is there and a fun trip to see Continue reading →
