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The Post I Didn’t Want to Write

It’s been a rough couple of weeks around our little home.  My daddy passed away on March 31.  He was diagnosed a few years ago with Myelodysplasia which progressed to leukemia in the last few months.  He never let on to just about View Post

Happy 2015!

It seems like I blinked and 2014 is gone!  It’s been a good year for our little family.  We rang in the new year exactly like we did last year…on the couch watching all of the New Year’s Eve shows on TV and trying to stay awake until midnight.  My View Post

Seasons of Change

It seems like it has been forever since I updated with a personal post, so I thought I would document some things here for posterity.  That, and my blog has become a real snore! I have a third grader now.  Here he is on his first day of View Post

While You Were At Camp

What’s it like for a mom to have five whole days to herself with no kid around because the kid is at a day camp for the first time?  Allow me to share how my week has been. Monday-  I walked my son in to camp and promptly found his group View Post

No More Leftovers

Today is the first day of summer vacation for E.B. and I.  He’s been out of school for almost two weeks already, but Friday was my last day of work. Here we sit, side by side, still in our pajamas (with me sans makeup and hair pulled back) at View Post

Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival- 2014

A couple of weekends ago we went to our town’s annual Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival.  It’s exactly what it sounds like;  live jazz music, art of every medium for sale (clothing, jewelry, paintings,  pottery, wood, etc.) and many, many fabulous View Post

Waiting & Waiting & Waiting

E.B. has a cough and his voice became really hoarse on Christmas Day.  I started feeling yucky Friday after a trip to the store.  I’ve lived in Mississippi long enough to know that my self-diagnosis of The Delta Crud was happening, so View Post

Country Comes To Town

I love my new job so much, and I stay so super busy that I apologize for not updating with personal posts as much as I used to.  I plan to do better on that soon.  I find myself making tons of ideas for posts in my head throughout the day and then View Post

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