Pet is too small a word. It is one dimensional. It is flat and cannot contain all that it is supposed to describe. Companion is a better one… One who walks beside Or maybe Champion… One who defends, and protects Affectionate one… Whose whole body explodes with joy At the sight of one of us … Continue reading Ode To Dogs
Family
Tribute to Rusty
We got Rusty at a soccer game. An odd place to acquire a puppy I know. The genius woman who wanted to get rid of several abandoned puppies knew what she was doing. They were gone in minutes. We were the proud owners of a Dachshund/Chihuahua mix…a chiweenie they call it. At least that is … Continue reading Tribute to Rusty
Memories Deep
The snow fell today, just for a bit blowing and dancing in the wind. It was beautiful. I took a group of my students out into the snow and was reminded of what childlike wonder looks like. Their enthusiastic voices carried me back to when my kids were young. They used to run and play … Continue reading Memories Deep
Nineteen…Time Flies
This is a reposting of a blog I wrote when Peter turned twelve. Change a couple of words and presto...it still fits and it's one of my favorite Christmas stories. 😉 Nineteen years ago at Christmastime, our family decided to drive through Burt’s Pumpkin Farm to see the Christmas light display. We had heard it … Continue reading Nineteen…Time Flies
Wish I Hadn’t
Yesterday, I went to Loganberry Farm to their Saturday Farm Market. If you have never been there you really should go, they are a heritage farm growing all things organically. They were having a Sorghum Soppin’ and when we arrived Sharon Mauney asked us to participate. I had never heard that term so I wasn’t … Continue reading Wish I Hadn’t
If You Can’t Beat ’em…
I got a tattoo. Wait…don’t go. I have a reason. It started probably 6 to 8 years ago, when my kids…the boys particularly…began talking about tattoos. I downplayed the conversation, dismissing the chatter as kids enamored with a passing fad. Of course tattoos would go by the wayside, I thought. All fads do. In a … Continue reading If You Can’t Beat ’em…
Ever After
Love is not always a feeling; sometimes it is a choice….that statement just about sums up our 28 years of marriage. We do not have a happily ever after story… we have an ever after story. After your world falls apart. After your lives are forever altered. After trials and traumas so numerous it seems … Continue reading Ever After
Happy Day
Blonde headed boys with freckles play in the surf. Dad is throwing the Frisbee, mom is attempting to smear them with suntan lotion before they are completely wet. Sister is drawing circles in the sand with her toes and picking at seashells looking for the perfect one. A wagon overflowing with beach toys sits beside … Continue reading Happy Day
The Meaning of Father’s Day
There are those who would say that Father’s Day is another attempt by Hallmark to get our money. Maybe they’re right, but I choose not to see the commercialism of the day, but the intent behind it. Honoring fathers is something that is not often done in our society, so setting aside one day seems … Continue reading The Meaning of Father’s Day
Love Language
Food is my love language. Seriously. I have a long line of Southern cooks in my family to thank for this fact. Southern women, of which I am one, learn early that food=love. By the age of 6, both my sister and I could make biscuits without help. (Melinda was actually 3 the first time … Continue reading Love Language
Michelle's Mosaic 