My youngest girlie, Grace turned 12 this summer! Around her birthday I can’t help but remember all of the trauma that went on around her birth. I’m so happy we both lived through it! How thankful I am for my girl. This year the only thing she wanted was to have her friend over for a… [continue reading]
Help! I’m stuck in a sports bra, and I can’t get out!
I was determined to stay on my fitness routine. Packing for my media trip to Mayberry I looked down and saw the sports bra that my sister had given me in her bag of hand-me-downs. Usually her gifts are more for the kids, but every once in a while I find some gems that work… [continue reading]
Life’s Funny Moments
For crying out loud! Life is short and those embarrassing funny moments might as well be shared right? Our latest crackups: Why at church? Why in the middle of the service? My daughter tapped me on the shoulder and told me there was a bug on my back. I turned around, saw something crawling…(It looked… [continue reading]
Our Homeschool year in review
We are finishing up another year of homeschooling. Is it possible that I’ve been homeschooling twelve years? Each year brings new changes and challenges, but I am amazed to see how much we have grown. One of the questions I am most asked by other homeschool families or those thinking of homeschooling is, what curriculum… [continue reading]
Happy 6th Birthday Bobby!
Bobby turned 6 in November, yes November! Remember how I keep telling you how behind I am, but that I’m working really hard to get caught up? This is me keeping my promise. Slowly but surely y’all! 😉 Bobby has always remembered his Chuck E Cheese’s birthday party as the best birthday ever and asked… [continue reading]
Sending them off!
Bonkers. What have I done? I completely lost my mind. Major face palm. You know what I did? I let my eldest daughter Faith leave me for not one, not two, but three weeks! What was I thinking? Oh my goodness! Last week I dropped Faith off at the airport along with her cousin Adam… [continue reading]
Help Protect Yourself with Cancer Insurance
This post was sponsored by Aflac as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central, and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. My life has been touched by cancer for as long as I can remember. I see it in flashes. We didn’t live near my grandmother, so my memories of her… [continue reading]
What has happened to me?
What has happened to you? Why don’t you write as often? Why don’t you write like you used to? Why don’t you write more of such and such type of posts? Questions have been asked by readers, family, and friends in varying ways. I feel it like a verbal shake of my shoulders. I care!… [continue reading]
Happy Birthday Little Jason is 9!
Happy Birthday to my fourth born child and first boy Little Jason. This kid has grown up on my blog. When I began this website way back in 2010 he was just a baby. Sniff! I’m late getting this celebration out on my blog, but I do want the record of it here even though… [continue reading]
Worst Dentist…the continuing saga.
Oh the things that have happened since this great big move to south Texas! I’ve told only some of the craziness like the trouble we had finding a house, hospitalizations, cancer…and so much more. But the ongoing saga of trying to find a dentist… Y’all I wouldn’t believe it if it didn’t happen to me…. [continue reading]