I had my first belly dancing lesson this week.  On Sunday my younger sister married a man of Iraqi and Syrian descent.  The wedding was intimate, beautiful, and quiet, but the reception was another story. It began demurely enough.  Everyone politely clapped as the bridal party was introduced, and then laughed sweetly as the bride and groom made their entrance to the theme… View Post

An article I read the other day stated that we share 99% of our genes with mice.  I don’t know if this is true or not, but the author went on to state, “ Not only are mouse genes like ours, so are the development of their embryos, their patterns of disease, and even their behavioral problems.  Mice get stressed too.” Really?  Mice… View Post

This morning I took a bath.  That may not seem unusual, but I’m really more of a shower girl.  Six years ago I was ecstatic when we had a whirlpool tub installed, but the excitement wore off pretty quickly.  I don’t have a lot of leisure time, and when half that time is spent waiting on a tub to fill it sort of… View Post

One evening last week, while playing at the park, the children and I had the pleasure of listening to the high school band practice. It brought back long repressed memories of my own band years. My family lived in Tennessee at the time, and in the middle of my sophomore year I transferred from a small Christian school to a… View Post

Dear Great-Great-Great Grandchild, I have done a vast amount of research into our family history and if you have come across this article, chances are you are researching too.  By the time you read this I could have hundreds of descendants that I have never met, but I pray that the life lessons I am teaching my children today are being… View Post

I’ve known for years that I fall into that category of people known as Generation X, but I’ve never given much thought to what it means.  So, like every good Gen X-er, I did a little online research.  Apparently, I missed a few key things that should have taken place in my life like listening to grunge rock (did people really do… View Post