If you look hard enough, you can find a reason to celebrate every day of the year. Thankfully I discovered that December 4th is National Cookie Day, so I decided to celebrate accordingly. I am a sucker for an ooey-gooey, right-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookie. In my opinion, that is the only way to eat one....
What a happy Thanksgiving week is was for our family last week! It started out with a fresh hairdo (as I always like to be photo-ready for the holidays, even if I’m the one taking all the pictures and never end up in ANY of them). Tuesday dawned dreary and wet, and I had to...
As I was preparing this blog post in anticipation of my favorite holiday of the year (one in which we all gather as a family to joyously celebrate our abundant blessings), I was trying to decide which of the many quotes about thankfulness and gratitude seemed to be the most appropriate sentiment that I wanted...
If you are a teacher, parent or have spent any time around kids focusing on something, you KNOW that look – the look of intense concentration. Sometimes a little tongue sticks out the side of his mouth. Perhaps it’s a furrowed brow. Mine bites her bottom lip. I can tell when she is focused, and...
I’ll admit it – before we had children our dogs were just about everything to us. We spoiled and pampered them. Fed them the best food. Groomed them regularly. One even traveled beneath the seat in front on me on an airplane in his special doggie duffel bag. Unfortunately for them, they became second-class citizens...