Chex Mix. Party Mix. Whatever you call it it is sometimes the answer to what ails me and this past week it was. I ordered all my missing ingredients on Amazon (gotta love how many Amazon boxes I have recycled since March) and before long Continue reading →
An updated version of one of my more popular posts. Enjoy. 1. Everyone has a story. There is no doubt about it in my mind. You may not “think” that you have a story, but daggum it, you do. You may think that you have a boring Continue reading →
Chris and I were just talking the other day about how our life has been full of adventures. It really has. I can’t imagine living a boring and predictable life. It just isn’t us at all and I am sure that there are those who Continue reading →
If you had the world’s attention for 30 seconds, what would you say? Be kind. Just be kind. It costs nothing to smile at someone, open a door or offer assistance. Be kind in your words and your actions. Our world would just be so Continue reading →
Sometimes there are quotes in books that really nudge me in a way. I have been on a reading streak lately again and one of my recent books on my nightstand was The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson. I enjoyed the book and thought Continue reading →
Three blue Rubbermaid totes sit in the apartment space above our garage. Three containers filled to the brim with photo albums, scrapbooks and memories from my side of the family. Years and years of memories are collected in these containers and as I carried them Continue reading →
One of the things I have been doing lately is going through a lot of things that we cleaned out from my mom’s storage locker when we moved her the last time. While it is odd to go through things like this while she is Continue reading →
About a million years ago (well maybe only 24) I was a young mom who loved her time with her boys. Now I am an “old” mom who still loves time with her boys and their “girls”. I found this newspaper clipping a few weeks 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 am not less than. Neither are you. If you are reading this say it out loud. I am NOT less than. Today I allowed someone to make me feel that I was less than. Less than adequate. Less than qualified. Less than informed. Less Continue reading →
