In addition to birthdays, travel, and CHRISTMAS, the past month has been filled with some pretty spectacular markers for our family. In the span of three weeks, with Christmas smack dab in the middle, we celebrated an Auburn graduation, a Texas Hill Country wedding,...
In addition to birthdays, travel, and CHRISTMAS, the past month has been filled with some pretty spectacular markers for our family. In the span of three weeks, with Christmas smack dab in the middle, we celebrated an Auburn graduation, a Texas Hill Country wedding,...
"Wait, have you tried on your tux yet, Hud?" I eyed the unopened cardboard box leaning against his bedroom wall. Folding the last of his clothes, Hudson responded with a weary, "Oh, not yet. I guess I need to do that." I'd run upstairs to help him pack up from...
Who needs a little encouragement this week? Reposting an edited version from 2016, but nine years later I need to hear it again myself. Sometimes perfect strangers will see me out with my children and say things like, "I can't imagine parenting in this generation."...
This photo from last night took my breath away. Crowded into one of the lower sections of Jordan-Hare Stadium, thousands (a record-setting 2349, to be exact) of hope-filled girls huddled together in the stands for Auburn's first night of sorority recruitment. What a...
Even if they’re grown, it’s not too late. No one ever outgrows the need for a parent’s encouragement or affirmation. On the phone with my dad for a few minutes this morning, I remarked on the learning curve that comes with working four days a week, that spending...