July was a whirlwind.  I had some anxiety about how it would all go down.  Sometimes things work out on paper and seem like they would be f...

Our 4th of July weekend couldn't have been any more perfect.   And we didn't do one single thing.  A weekend on the calendar wi...

Every July, his birthday creeps up on me.  I think it's because June only has 30 days (30 days hath September…).  His birthday is July ...

Life is full of surprises.  At age 22, I never would have dreamed that at the age of (almost) 40 I would still be spending my days at home ...

My parents spent a couple of months living with us this winter.  They are becoming snow birds, leaving the cold, wintery frozen tundra of M...

Well, it's been quite awhile since I've written on this blog.  There's much to say and it makes me overwhelmed to think about w...