Family

carolina beach
Family, Travel

A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AT THE BEACH ~ Thirty five wonderful years!

Thirty five years ago, I married the most wonderful man! This week we’re celebrating and reminiscing about all the wonderful and not so wonderful times we’ve shared together. Marriage is hard work!! If anyone tells you different, you’re being fibbed to!! There’s a lot of compromise, apologizing when you’re wrong and sometimes when you’re right, […]

Alyssa's Bridal Shower
Family, Travel

SPRING BREAK IN FLORIDA

I consider myself a North Carolina girl (we’ve lived here for 28 years) but I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, a little town south of West Palm Beach and north of Miami Beach. It was a small quiet town when my dad first moved his family there in 1970. Today it is a popular […]

Hawksville
Family, Travel

LABOR DAY WEEKEND MOUNTAIN TRIP

How is everyone doing? Happy Fall Y’all!!! Sons #2, 3, and 4 all attended Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They all loved the campus, the town, the hiking trails, and the weather. After many 3 hour drives up the mountain and back down over the last nine years, […]

Jacob grad
Family

PARENTHOOD….A TWO-EDGED SWORD

Well, this happened recently! When I asked Son #4 where he wanted to take a graduation picture on campus he picked the “Big A” on the football field. While we were taking pictures, a young couple came onto the field with a toddler in a stroller. The dad took the little boy out of the […]