A repost of a post I published on March 21st, 2013 entitled “A Special Day for a Special Guy”. Today is a special day! It is World Down Syndrome Day 2013 and today I celebrate my brother in law, Carlton! Carlton is such a Continue reading →
Remembering Carlton this week. My post from June 10, 2013 entitled “He Had Fun Despite the Snack Deficit” . We all have routines. Some more than others. This weekend was further evidence to me of how much patience my sister in law has and Continue reading →
This past week I was thinking about how things change over time. I must be feeling nostalgic or something but I spent a little bit of time reminiscing about how things used to be when I was younger and one of those memories was about Continue reading →
I have been going through old photographs recently and it has been a blast from the past. My siblings and I are lucky enough to have had all of my daddy’s slides converted to digital files so that we can look at them and have Continue reading →
My niece Carla is a pretty amazing young lady. Not only is she a skilled and compassionate licensed counselor in the schools she also manages to be a pretty amazing wife and mother to my great niece Harper. In between working, taking care of the Continue reading →
I have been feeling a bit nostalgic these days. I think it is the holidays that makes me think back to my own childhood. I had a really good childhood. I know not everyone can say that and I am happy that I am one Continue reading →
A hanger. A simple item used to hold clothing. As I worked on cleaning out my closet, taking out so many clothes that I no longer wear or need I noticed this little hanger at the end of the row. It was empty. It has Continue reading →
As I was helping my mom move and clean out a few things a few weeks ago we ran across some quilts on her quilt rack. The apartment she has moved to is a bit smaller than the 2 bedroom house she lived in and Continue reading →
There are moments in history which will always be stuck in my mind. Moments like when Chris gave me my engagement ring. When I said I do in the chapel at Ohio Northern University. When each of my boys was born. When I got the Continue reading →
Moving always brings adventure. Our much anticipated move is creeping closer and closer with each day and in 2 short weeks we will be in the throes of packing and loading and cleaning. It’s a good thing. In fact I think it is a very Continue reading →
