Every year we gather at the home of my dearest friend for a huge 4th of July celebration.  Her house offers excellent seating for the parade and fireworks, and there is always an enormous amount of food. Being that she is the “hostess with the mostest” everything is always beautifully organized, right down to the first aid kit.  With up… View Post

I’m wearing a bracelet today.  I know this isn’t big news, but it’s definitely not the norm for me.  Back in the 80’s, I relished wearing jewelry.  Big, clunky beads, baubles, and bangles were always hanging from my neck, ears, and arms.  I had Twist-a-Beads, Add-a-Beads, and Oh-my-gosh-what-are-you-thinking-beads.  As far as I was concerned, the bigger and brighter, the better…. View Post

As the sun creeps up over the horizon, I watch the two youngest of my five children, sleeping peacefully after a difficult night of illness and unrest. I am exhausted, but it is necessary to get on with my day.  I pause for a moment and think back on my decision to have my tubal reversed.  We already had three… View Post

Hubby just returned home from a six-week business trip to a far-away place. It was a romantic little spot with tiki huts, cobalt blue water, pristine beaches and cannibals. “Cannibals?!” you exclaim? Yeah, that’s what I said too. When I found out cannibalism was practiced there until the 1950s, I declined to join him. You can’t tell me that a… View Post

Hubby has been working in Latvia, thousands of miles away on the coast of the Baltic Sea.  We were offered a free airline ticket so that I could visit him, but were uncomfortable leaving the children with both parents out of the country.  Hubby only had one day off anyway, so, it was decided that I would leave late Friday… View Post

Hubby recently returned from a trip to Latvia.  While there, he sent a picture of a bridge that is covered with hundreds of padlocks engraved with names of couples.  Their tradition is to hang the lock on the bridge, and toss the key into the waters below.  It is an incredibly romantic gesture, and you can tell some of the… View Post