Wanna hear something weird about me? I don’t really like CHOCOLATE! I know that’s strange for a woman… but it’s true! However, my daughter and husband just LOVE it! (Either that… or elves are breaking into our freezer while we’re asleep.) So if we go out for ice cream, we get totally different things. I get coffee flavor. […]

I LOVE kids! I love how they get so excited when something good happens that they shake on the inside AND the outside. Just a silly voice or tickle fingers and – all of a sudden – giggles, shrieks, and smiles that can light up a room!   To a “little” (that’s what I call […]

I remember years ago, David and I were staying at a hotel using points from our credit card. To our surprise, we were UPGRADED to a much nicer room on the “Club Level”. It was AMAZING! (They even gave us little bottles of water in our room, for FREE!) We were kind of like a […]

What a great day! David and I were enjoying some rare time off, ALONE. We were holding hands, walking, eating, shopping, kid-free, work-free, worry-free… almost GIDDY! It was so much fun, it felt like we were on a first date, again! Then it happened! All of a sudden, a seemingly innocent comment opened an old wound. WHY […]

My whole life, I’ve wanted to trust SOMEONE! My disappointment started with a dad that left me before I was born. Molestation as a child, being raped at 13, and becoming an unwed mother at 17 just solidified it. When it came to choosing a spouse, I chose poorly and ended up with a man with addiction issues […]