I am a wife and a mother of 2 grown children, a believer in God and follower of Jesus Christ. I love to travel, read and be creative. I used to have a Welsh Corgi named Higgins but now I have a Labradoodle named Boone who is my baby. I love the beach, the mountains and anything English.
Exploring Your Interests Just about every blog post or book you read or podcast you listen to about life in the empty nest encourages you to explore the things that interest you in this new phase of life. Without children in the house to care for, you have time to do other things, things you … More How Trying Something New Can Help Fill The Empty Nest
Time To Make A Move? “So when are you moving to Nashville?” That’s the question my husband and I most often heard in the spring of 2022 after we learned that we would soon be grandparents. Our son and daughter-in-law live in Nashville so, many assumed we would be moving north once the grandson arrived. … More Why Major Life Changes Aren’t Necessarily Easy
How We Mark Our Lives We mark the times of our lives by minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years and decades. That’s a constant for all of us. Our seasons may be different depending on which hemisphere we live in, but we all experience these measures of time. It’s how we mark our lives. … More How Oysters, Family And Friends Make For A Memorable Start To The Year
Happy New Year! My husband and I said goodbye to 2023 and welcomed 2024 at one of our favorite places — Anna Maria Island on the west coast of Florida. I have spent the last few days, the first in this new year, gazing at the Gulf of Mexico out my window. Some days the … More How A Different Christmas Encouraged In A Difficult Year
Not Ours Any More The day after we returned home from our trip to North Carolina for Thanksgiving, I took my dog Boone for a walk. It wasn’t an unusual thing to do as I take him for walks almost every morning. We left the house and walked to the end of the road. Sometimes … More How Do You Say Goodbye To A Memorable Place That’s A Part Of You?
The Motivation Have you ever felt the need to get away from it all? To simply pack your things, turn your back on the stresses and struggles of life, and go somewhere else — somewhere you can escape from the difficult things? I have, just last month. When my dad died last summer, it felt … More How Getting Away Can Be Good For The Soul
Not My Favorite Holiday It’s that time of year. We’ve seen evidence of it for weeks — in home stores, grocery stores, and in people’s front yards. Jack-o-Lanterns, ghouls, giant skeletons, bats, black cats, and ten-pound bags of candy on display in the front of grocery stores can only mean one thing. It’s almost Halloween. … More One Way To Combat Fear During This Season That Celebrates It
It’s just a tiny dot on a map not unlike thousands of other tiny dots on a map of the United States. This tiny dot happens to be in the far, northwest corner of North Carolina — about an hour south of the Virginia state line and thirty minutes east of the Tennessee state line. … More Why This Spot On The Map Is So Significant To Me
What Did I Forget? I began this blogging journey on August 14, 2014. My two children had graduated from college the year before; my daughter with her undergraduate degree and my son with his master’s degree. They were established in their new hometowns and getting started in their careers. My nest was truly empty so … More One Thing I Neglected To Consider About The Empty Nest
When Good Things Follow Bad Have you ever had something really good and happy happen just after something sad and difficult? I have, just in the last two weeks. It felt like God was giving me something to smile about in the midst of a sorrowful time. Two weeks ago, we held a celebration of … More When Joy Comes Swiftly On The Heels Of Sorrow
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