For those of you who don’t know, November 25 is National Parfait Day! Our family has celebrated with several recipes, but the biggest point is that we make sure we break out the Tupperware parfait cups and do something little bit special. Which brings me to day #2 of being Thankful. I am thankful that…
For the last several weeks I have been noticing that Facebook friends have posting things they are thankful as part of a “30 Days of Thankfulness” campaign. I love the idea and have often thought about the differences in being “Happy” and being “Grateful”. Since our family was right in the middle of a crazy…
Life can be noisy, chaotic and overwhelming. It is easy to speed through the day, the week or even the month without taking time to look around. Really look. Reflect and ponder. Have you found a place of serenity lately?
“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” -Helen Keller Amy I am spent a Saturday helping my mom serve lunch and dessert so some very special people. Women I had never met, but who were school pals of my mom over 50 years earlier. There was a baker’s dozen who flew in from different…
It is a common phrase that “Once a Marine…always a Marine.” Even after the uniform has been folded up for the last time and stored into a duffle bag, a Marine’s well earned pride, courage, and dignity remains as part of their character. It is hard to believe our oldest, Nathan, who served five years…
There is something so refreshing about the smell of citrus. I have had a special fondness for limes since my trip to Belize a few years ago. My friend Margaret always put a squeeze of lime in her drinking water, so I did the same and have often picked up a bag of limes to…
You were so faithful all those years, heating up our toast. A kitchen friend who did the job, without the need to boast. So goodbye four slot toaster, though you never had a name, Breakfast time without you, just won’t be the same. Over time your spring was was sprung, your timing turned to slug….
Yesterday I interviewed a mom and her amazing teenage son for a story I am working on. Conner was a straight “A” student who was active in sports, but a serious concussion due to a skate board accident followed by another hit in the head during football practice left the outgoing student with a serious…