An 18th Birthday and Graduation

For her 18th birthday and graduation gift from me my daughter gets this old purple book. It doesn’t look like much and most people would think I was crazy. In 2002 I started a journal for my daughter. She was about 18 months old and I decided I needed to write down the little every…

Today….

I am away with my family while my son takes the ACT at a college about an hour from home. I wanted us all together today. My heart is heavy. As I watched the news last night I was crying again like 9-11. This is not the world I wanted for my children. So, today…

My Wish for You…

Dear All, It has been a hectic few days and I haven’t posted but I wanted to make sure that I took the time to wish you all Happy Holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas, just finished Hanukkah, Kwanza, St. Lucia Day,  Three Kings Day, Epiphany, or any other day may your days be filled with…

Quote Challenge – Happy Thanksgiving!

Awhile back I was nominated by the lovely Lisa from Lisa’s “I Have too Much Time on My Hands” Site to the quote challenge. (click for link to original blog post). Her blog is a little bit of everything and is always interesting. 🙂 I promised I would complete this on Thanksgiving because I thought…

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! These are my “babies.” No they are still no longer babies but they will always be my babies. I hope you all get to spend the day doing what you like with those you love! ❤ ❤ ❤

Spreading Love Today with Friends and Folk Songs

It is interesting how everyone is spending this historic day. We are spending the day at our local OutCenter with an Open House. There is a photo gallery showing of “Family” and all that it means to each person. There is folk music and protest songs, food and friends. I belive it is a lovely…

The Perfect Gift – Happy Valentine’s Day!

, This was my Valentine’s Day gift. No, not this year, but a recreation from our first Valentine’s Day together. We had only been dating for about a month and a half when Valentine’s Day rolled around. I didn’t want to celebrate Valentine’s Day and made that very clear.   I wasn’t sure what I…