Journey Updates
Wednesday Randomness <3
Wednesday. Randoms. Let’s go… Random #1 When Rachel graduated from her university, we sat in a bleacher type setting. We were up a ways in the stands and packed in like sardines. Behind us was a proud relative of one of the grads. We assume he was a dad, but could have been an uncle….
Keeping time
When Russ graduated from college, his parents gave him this mantle clock. While we didn’t have a mantle until we bought our first home, around Rachel’s first birthday, it sat on a shelf in the rentals and brought a little class to our hand me down furniture. Ever after that, we have owned homes with…
Twixt Thanksgiving and Christmas… <3
Russ and I were driving home from up north the other night and noticed Christmas lights on farm houses across the fields and as we pulled into our own neighborhood. He asked, me in a thoughtful way, why people put their Christmas trim up in early November. We are old school. We come from the…
Chasing that unicorn called “Paperless”
Technology is not my favorite. Oh sure, there are a lot of ways it makes life easier. I get that. But it also adds some stressors that I definitely do not need. So here is a hopefully funny tale of our adventures this week facing the worst sides of it. We have our annual checkups…
Some randoms on how you can help me <3
This is one of my most surprising supporters over the years. I started writing with a heart for empty nest type moms like me because I couldn’t find any blogs for our demographic. Amazingly enough, there are actually all kinds of ages of both men and women who let me know they read what I…
Ahhh…surrender…that battle that we win by losing <3
Without over-sharing and for the purpose of giving you all a glimpse at what “surrender” sometimes can look like, I have a little story for you today. Right up front, I want to stress that this is absolutely in no way a bid for you all to either feel sorry for me, question my sanity…
