It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
Do you ever feel like you just want to run away for a little while? Go somewhere with no responsibilities, no kids, no dogs, no politics, no stress? This past weekend, that is exactly what the LOML (Love of My Life) and I did. We hopped in our truck and drove about 2½ hours south […]
Son #1 is getting married in October near Asheville, North Carolina. It’s a little town about 20 minutes north of Asheville called Weaverville. It’s population is a tiny 3911 as of 2017. It’s a sweet little town full of farms and a cozy downtown. This past weekend the LOML, Son #4, Daughter #1, Daughter #2, […]
I’m really enjoying reminiscing about all we went through when we adopted our two girls fifteen years ago. When I’m sharing with the LOML what I’m writing about, we both remember things we hadn’t thought about since the adoption. Please read Part One ~ How God placed adoption on my heart and Part Two ~ […]