Like Riding a Trike

Some things in life are hard. Learning to ride a tricycle is one of them. All that coordination. The pedals and the steering and the watching where you are going. You push forward on the pedals with your right foot, but your left foot just naturally presses down and...

BFF For Real

  I didn’t even realize I had this rare picture of the girls and I together. I think the last time we snapped one was when Felicity, Serenity, and I went to Omaha to support Charity during tryouts for American Idol in season seven. She made it to the second...

In Case You Think You Don’t Matter

Some of our grandchildren came for a visit this weekend (and brought their wonderful mother.) Macy wrote this poem for us during the long car trip to get here: The sun kums up and then down And the moon goes up then down. Thay both go away, But frens never go away...

Five Ways to Improve Your Day

I’m convinced it is the little things that make life beautiful or unbearable. I can rise to the challenge of a true crises. I’m good in an emergency. But a crazy morning can get me down. Here are some things that help me on the hard days: 1. Make the bed....

Why I Stopped Sorting the Mail

  We hired a new staff member recently. We snatched her up, actually, the second we heard she was available, because she is a gem! We scooted things over to make room for her at the front desk, and together she and our current staff members started whipping the...