Dear Gentle Readers, oh wait. Do y’all still have season 3 of Bridgerton on the brain too? Let’s pause for reflection. Oh, my. Well, that whole topic is for another blog post! This post will be all about…
Love
Now What
Somehow we went from this: To This: in a blink of an eye! Savannah is an international affairs major at a college 1500 miles away on the east coast. She managed to pull out a 4.0 in the her…
What Color Is Your Mid Life Crisis
My very first job out of college was as a consumer loan officer at a mid sized credit union in the Dallas area. The branch where I was located was one street over from the huge facility where employees in…
The Black Sheep of the Family
I’ve been thinking about my sister Liz a lot lately. It will be 11 years ago today that we lost her to triple negative breast cancer. I hate cancer. It just really sucks. She became a grandmother this year. She…
Red Peonies
One of the many ways I tried to change things up during the pandemic was buying fresh flowers for the house on a weekly basis. At first, it felt so decadent. And then I realized that Trader Joe’s and Costco…
Home
After more than sixty years, we finally sold our family home. I guess the stars had finally aligned, and everyone was ready to finally part with it at the same time. We would always tease our mom about it taking…
Parent Tip The Costume Edition
When our son was about 3 or 4 years old, he was obsessed with superheroes. His favorites were Spiderman, the Hulk and Buzz Lightyear. He played dress up and jumped off more pieces of furniture and tree branches than you…
The Reboot
I was looking through some papers the other day in my home office. The accountant was sending me friendly reminders that they couldn’t move forward until they had this one certain form. And Lordy, do I hate hunting things down…
This Thing Called Motherhood
It was exactly two weeks ago that I stood up on stage and read my story of motherhood. I wrote it four years ago on a Saturday night after I couldn’t sleep. I was tossing and turning and these…
The Story Behind The Picture
This picture has been circulating around the Internet for quite awhile. It went viral after it was posted on the International Down Syndrome Coalition’s Facebook page. It was part of a campaign to promote awareness of those with DS. It…
Listen to your Mother San Antonio
Listen to Your Mother! Does this sound like good advice? Well it is. And it’s also a brand new production making its way to San Antonio on April 23 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. I know all…
The Little Church
Last Sunday morning, I made the long drive home from East Texas. I was all by myself and had hours to ponder life, soak in the beautiful scenery from my childhood and pray. There was so much to pray about….
