When I went to pick out Mother’s Day cards last Saturday, I picked up a pretty card for a mother-in-law and almost put it with the others in my hand. Even though I don’t know my future mother-in-law yet, I can’t help but already want to tell her how I’ve loved her before I knew [...]

After we left from feeding the fish during our Mother’s Day adventure, I spotted a new store, The Lollipop Shop. I immediately turned my car into their parking lot which elicited a very happy yelp from the passenger in the backseat. The first thing inside the store is a giant wall of every type of [...]

Dear MacKenzie, Mother’s Day began at 12:01 a.m. yesterday. I was lying in my bed when it began, just thinking about you lying in your bed a hundred miles away. I finally fell asleep after deciding that there was nothing I could do to make the day’s pain any less for you. I decided not [...]

What’s that, bloggy friends?  You want to know what I did on Mother’s Day? Why, I’d be happy to oblige. I woke up before the crack of dawn, attempted to make my hair somewhat presentable, took seven phone calls before the sun rose, loaded gifts and flowers and cards into my car, said hello to [...]

It’s only eight hours since Katie left and I’ve already had my first experience of reaching for the phone to call her to go do something only to remember she’s gone.  I miss her something awful. Thus, welcome to Survey Saturday on the little bloggy courtesy of Facebook. 1. What color is your toothbrush? White [...]

Dear Katie, In exactly 53 minutes, you will zip up your graduation gown, adjust your tassel and begin walking towards the stage that holds your diploma. And, if I know you at all, your iPhone will be tucked somewhere inside the folds of that gown just so you can text throughout the ceremony. I am [...]

Hi, everybody. Two of my college girls, along with one of their friends who has served as a volunteer with us in Starlite, were in a very serious car accident a few hours ago when a car came down the wrong side of the highway and hit them head-on. From the small amount of info [...]

Let’s have a little list format for this lovely Friday, my darlings! 1. I have no idea why I didn’t put the name of the book I “found” but, after getting a good 30 requests for the name of it, here you go: Crimson Roses. It’s about a girl who is virtually on her own [...]

I had to go by the post office the other day because I needed to have something with my passport checked as I will be using it a couple of times in the next few months (!!!).  As I was waiting, the man in front of me began chatting it up and he began telling [...]

To my knowledge, only one other picture of just Cate and I together exists. Well, until now. Oh, and I’m the one with the pigtails and a ribbon in her hair, in case you were wondering.