Ashtyn (bless her heart) tries her best to give me advice. She tells me how to drive, what to wear—and NOT wear, and how to cook. But I don’t mind. She’s just a teenager! It’s not quite so entertaining when grownups act the same way as my 16-year-old daughter. The fact is, most of us don’t […]

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 […]