The Backstory {in the following true story, the names have been changed and faces hidden to protect the innocent} It happened the first day they went outside to play after Christmas. They came in with cold chapped faces and forlorn little hearts. “Mom (in a pitiful, woe-is-me little voice), guess what such-and-such got for [...]
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All the President’s Men Harry Potter-Chamber of Secrets The Glass Castle Harry Potter book 1 West Oversea (Lars Walker) The Abolition of Man Toqueville’s Democracy in America Heaven on Earth Glen Beck’s Common Sense Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Year of Wonders How to Read Literature Like a Professor March John Lock’s 2nd Treatise of Gov’t [...]
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Well, I decided to move to WordPress and it’s gonna be more of a Klampett-style move. Jed pulled up his truck and loaded me and all my posts up….but we seem to have lost Jethro and Granny in the chaos. Pardon the mess and the random things flying overboard and hopefully in a [...]
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I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Blissdom last year. I left the conference sure that I would attend it again. And it’s hard to believe that it’s just one month away. To give you time to gather your survival supplies, I wanted to do this post early. So here it is: how to survive Blissdom [...]
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How do you get your children to: 1. Sing for you on New Year’s Day 2. Make ’2010′ with their bodies in the cold windy chill…. 3. Join in a collaborative effort to do the dishes 4. And with only a small amount of tomfoolery? Answer: You feed them large amounts of pasta and bread [...]
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This is the sunrise that greeted me on my fortieth birthday. I have a good feeling about this decade. But if ’40 is the new 30′, 40′s gonna need a little help. 40′s gonna need a healthy amount of beautiful sunrises…….and a lot of 5 hour energy drinks. 40′s gonna need a few more anti-wrinkle [...]
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There’s something special about the start of a decade. I was born in 1970. I had my tenth birthday and my first boyfriend in 1980. I had my first child in 1990. I turned 30, graduated from residency, married my soul mate and had my third child in 2000. On Monday, I welcome the new [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
