I miss their voices. I miss their drawings on the chalkboard, too. But mainly I miss their voices.

I had Aviean with me all weekend, so she got to go along with me for a few “adventures.”  One of the first things I needed to do after getting off work on Friday was to take my car to get the oil changed.  As we walked in the waiting room after turning the keys [...]

A picture of Aviean, that hangs above my desk at home. – — – I took Aviean back to her mother tonight, after having her for a whole weekend. I cried the entire way home because I already missed her so badly. And because she shares my bloodline. And because I want my grandparents to [...]

Aviean, surveying her loot from my trip to Orlando. Darn flu!  We hate you for making Aviean miss the trip!

Last night, as I was tucking her in bed: Me: “I love you very, very much.” Aviean: “Come here, I want to tell you something.” [I lean down over her bed.] Aviean: “Do you remember that one time I told you that you were ugly?  It was because your hair was really ugly.  Really, really [...]

Aviean, earlier this evening.

A list of the top ten memorable moments from my vacation to Orlando, for your reading pleasure: 10.  I am a wimp when it comes to riding anything scary.  The one ride I said I would not ride on our trip was the Tower of Terror (you go up in an “elevator” and then drop [...]

A little roll of stamps peeking out.

Did you take a guess as to where in the world Cousin Cate has been lately?  See if you were right from this morning’s pop quiz! So, which country was missing?  France, of course! That was a hard quiz for goodness sakes!  But I’m happy to announce that our randomly chosen winner of the exquisite [...]

As we were walking through Epcot during our trip Orlando this past weekend, I thought about how fun it would be to photograph Cate in each “country” represented in Epcot and then play a little blog game with the pictures.   If you’ve never been to Epcot, there are 11 countries represented in the park (in [...]