I took the kids to the zoo today. Gorgeous weather, with everyone out of school for Thanksgiving. And even though half of Fort Worth had the same idea, it was a great outing for our little family. I enjoyed having the kids to myself - I was able to purely focus on my...
Wonderful Me
My Granny, whom I wrote about in a previous post, died eleven years ago today. And she died fighting. Cancer did its dastardly work on her body for many years, and she fought it tooth and nail with a healthy diet, exercise, and ferocious optimism. And an amazing...
Missing my Bro
I miss my brother. Chris is AMAZING. He will turn 30 in a week. And here's the kicker - I don't know what to get him for his birthday. Yes, he's hard to buy for, not because he has everything, but because he is so stinking contented. I recall grocery shopping as kids,...
Beautiful Smiles
What do you do with all those Christmas cards and photos once the holidays are over? I know it's the middle of summer, hardly time to be thinking about Christmas, but in my dining room sits a nice little stack of candy-cane, holly-and-berry, and Baby-Jesus-in-a-manger...
Summer in Somerset
A friend recently asked me to recall a memorable childhood summer. I sifted through memories of swimming, swimming, and more swimming, our backyard pool filled with my brothers and friends of all ages from dawn to dusk. I thought of 100-degree Texas days when I...
Weekend Snapshots
We spent last weekend at my parents' lake house, and Corbin even took an extra day off work to extend our weekend. Two snapshots here sum up...