Our third child didn’t get a baby shower. Not because historically it’s improper in the book of manners, but because I just didn’t think my heart could handle it. The last time I had been pregnant with a boy, my friends gathered around me as we ate chocolate and vegetables and artichoke dip, all the […]
Recently someone I know posted a picture of himself being baptized as an infant. His caption had some sort of smart ass sentiment about “water boarding” and “for shame…I was just a baby.” It got me thinking. I started attending church at the same age he was in the picture. That was about 41 years […]
Santa Fe was good for me. I drove down by myself because Jason was there for a week and I couldn’t get away that long. At the library with a napless Ryan in tow, I randomly chose Billy Graham’s book on CD, “Nearing Home”, “Heaven is for Real” by Burpo, and some Spanish lessons. (*We’re […]
My mom’s not a huge fan of crowds but she wanted to do this walk. She didn’t want to stay for the closing ceremonies or anything like that. She said walking together was her celebration, so that’s just what we did. Three generations, riding the Light Rail at the wee hours…HOW AWESOME DOES MY MOM […]
Here’s a video my mom just sent me… Will our generation forget those who have lived before us? Those that worked so diligently and made our cushy lives possible? The ones that no matter how crotchety they may seem on the outside, endured more in their lives than we can even fathom? The part of […]
So, last December my folks moved to within 10 minutes of us in Castle Rock, CO, hailing from Fountain Hills, AZ. And with them came my 93 year old Grandpa at the time. Here we are last Spring… Today, Gramps as I affectionately have always called him, is 94, pushing 95 in March, 2012. Lou, […]
This is a picture of my dad’s hand and Noah’s. My dad is 6’5″ tall, so there’s a bit of a size difference, I’d say…