Do More Than Just Honor a Veteran

This week I attended a Veterans Day assembly at my children’s elementary school. Needless to say, I cried through the whole thing. Sometimes I think I’m a water faucet, primed and ready for the slightest […]

Savor the Final Days of Summer–Here’s How!

Today, on my morning jog, I discovered a tree, albeit a small one, brimming with red leaves. Not the dusky magenta ones that grow on Japanese maples and other ornamentals, but real, bright fall-is-around-the corner […]

Happy Mother’s Day to the many mothers in my life.

“Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31 There have been many virtuous women in my life who have mothered me in some way. Today, I honor mothers […]

Flashback to Christmas

I know, at this time of year, no one’s really thinking of the Christmas holidays. But an experience I had this season keeps coming back to me. I was at my son, Drake’s, elementary school […]

Christmas Shopping, Arachnid Stopping Warrior

Spider by bunnygoth flickr creative commons I know it doesn’t seem right to be talking about spiders with Christmas just around the corner. But I saw the Hobbit last night, which by the way, was […]