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
Making a Plan For Summer I had a plan, a very good plan. Back in May, I listened to my good friend Christa Hutchins’s Do a New Thing Podcast on planning for a summer break. Christa launched a new business a few years ago that specializes in helping Christian women who are writers, speakers, and … More How Do You Say Goodbye To A Remarkable Person
It’s Mother’s Day weekend, my first Mother’s Day as a grandmother. It’s also the first anniversary of the beginning of an end. One year ago this weekend, the events preceding my father’s death began. Just Another Ordinary Saturday The day before Mother’s Day, 2022, I walked my dog to my mom and dad’s house like … More It’s Mother’s Day, So Why Am I Thinking About My Sweet Father?
I love seeing extra cars in my driveway. Do you want to know why? I’ll tell you — extra cars in the driveway mean my kids are home, which makes me very happy. When Chicks Come Home Recently, I was on a walk with my dog at the beach. We walked to our turn-around point, … More How To Best Fill Your Mom Tank When You Live In An Empty Nest
Protection – A Parental Priority As parents, we are wired to protect our children from the start — especially us moms. We take vitamins and eat healthily during our pregnancies. We eliminate anything that may harm the development of the baby growing inside of us; no alcohol, smoking, or caffeine. We cease risky or dangerous … More How To Best Help Your Adult Child In Difficult Times
A Window Seat View I was fortunate enough to snag a window seat on a recent flight from Dallas to New Orleans. It was a beautiful, sunny day — not a cloud in the sky and the view was amazing. I was traveling alone so with no one to talk to, I did a lot … More How A God’s Eye View Taught Me The Value Of Letting Go
I knew that Christmas this year was going to be different. I knew it from the earliest days of the new year. What I didn’t know was just how different it was going to be. When Plans Change Let’s go back a couple of years. I turned sixty in December of 2020. Being one of … More Why Flexibility Is Important In The Empty Nest – Part Two
Snowbirds and Leaf Peepers Where I live, in central Florida, we have an annual phenomenon each winter — the arrival of snowbirds. In late fall you start to see more cars with license plates from northern states like Michigan, Indiana and New York. You can even spot a few cars from Canada. These northerners head … More Why Going Home Inspires Me With Thoughts Of The Journey To My Eternal Home
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately. After all, it is October and I am in the mountains of North Carolina. It was his favorite place to be in autumn. How It All Started My brother started college in the fall of 1986 at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. My parents, … More Why a Simple Green Hat Is Significant To Me
You Want To Live Where? Have you ever wanted to live somewhere else? Have you ever dreamed of experiencing life in completely different surroundings? I have. My daydreams usually include living somewhere with a long history — a cottage in an English village or a flat in a Scottish city. I would even settle for … More One Reason Why You Can’t Live Your Child’s Life
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