If you ask anyone in my family they will tell you I am a planner.  Sometimes it drives them crazy, other times they are excited about the opportunities my planning has presented, most often in the form of family vacations.  I try not to be so rigid, I really do, but I...

Dear Friends, It’s been a minute.  One daughter’s college graduation, another daughter’s high school graduation.  A summer with no daughters home.  Now, one daughter starting adulting in Chicago, and two in college, both out of state.  This leaves...

Spring is traditionally a time for new beginnings.  Flowers blooming, trees turning green again, new births.  I want to embrace this fresh energy, so this spring I am making a promise to myself to be open to both new beginnings and new things. I traditionally have...

Here they come again.  My Mears.  Daily they sneak up on me from nowhere.  This morning I woke up cozy with my little dog snuggled against me, until I realized I was home.  Not still in Alabama with one of my daughters where I was just...

This December, my youngest daughter Ashley had something amazing happen to her.  Out of the blue, her flag football coach let her know that she was one of thirty high school girls in the entire country chosen by the NFL (yes, the National Football League) to play...

Years ago, my parents voiced a bucket list dream for our entire family to go to South Africa together.  It took many years for this dream to come true,  but this Christmas it did.  And the important words to me here are, “it took years.”...

One of my favorite things about this time of year is all the angels that appear.  They are in stores, in windows, in front yards, on top of Christmas trees. They are everywhere!  Here in Colorado we are already making snow angels.  Hallelujah! But then,...

Dear Friends, I am very excited to announce some new things that are happening for me this month.  I just launched a new website, I am exploring some new ideas, and I am focusing on some new goals for myself.  I am looking at this month...