I lost a good friend this week. Life sometimes has a way of slapping us upside our head, spinning us in circles, and filling us with sadness. Mortality is real and yes, at one point we all pass out of this world. Dealing with it is not so easy. Nancy was a great friend, yet …
Father’s day is right around the corner, and this has me thinking of my dad and of all the important lessons that he has taught me over the years. Lessons that helped shape me into who I am, and lessons that I hope I am passing onto my own children. I grew up in a …
The time of year where life is beyond full and bursting with activity! I am in the throes of wrapping up another school year. So like last year when I posted Positively Busy – you will not be seeing a whole lot of me on this blog for another week or so. I do have …
Memorial day weekend has come and gone, and for that I am grateful. While for many people this past weekend brings an extra day off work giving time for barbecues and family gatherings, and for everyone it brings a time to remember the many men and women that have served our country and paid the …
Happy Mother’s Day! I love my quiet time in the morning. Well, quiet is a matter of perspective – I always have two large dogs sharing my morning time with me. Sitting and watching me with their large expectant eyes, following on my heels as I move through the rooms, always nudging me with their muzzles. …
Over the past nine years I have completed 27+ endurance events. I say completed (not competed) because I do not see myself as a competitor. Well, with the exception that I am constantly competing against myself. But even then, I am not as fierce as I’d like to be. For me, I simply enjoy the …
Yes, Christmas has come and gone, and my blogging activities have been rather light. Between family, friends, hosting Christmas, and getting a horrific head cold, I’ve had no time to blog. This year was a bit different for me; there was a first in our home. This was the first Christmas that I was not …
I was flipping through some notes of mine today looking for a favorite recipe when I came upon a short note of thanks I wrote titled,Thanksgiving Blessings. I wrote this little piece on Thanksgiving Day in 2009. Thanksgiving Blessings Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends! I’m busy counting my blessings – and there are so …
They say when you send your children off to college it is hard. And yes that is! Having lived through that four times already, I can tell you that for me it never got easier whether my child was a freshman, or a sophomore, or a junior, or a senior returning to campus after a …
Gratitude – the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Most Americans think about gratitude during the month of November. This makes perfect sense as this is the month that we celebrate Thanksgiving. How many of you have Facebook friends that run a month of daily gratitudes during November? …
