Life as a wife, mom, nana and follower of Christ; hoping to share from lessons learned
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“Ma’am, may I ask you a question?” The persistent young lady clutching a tube of sea salt, something or other, actually matched my steps for a few seconds as I hurried past the mid-mall vendor. After my “no thank you” didn’t faze her tenacity, I tried “No…
Although I loathe admitting it, when I was a young girl, I was sometimes referred to as sneaky. This isn’t an adjective I am proud to have had my character associated with, but I’m willing to suffer the embarrassment for the sake of the story. There were several reasons I was labeled as a wily […]
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christmas lights (Photo credit: harold.lloyd) While we dream of a White Christmas, children in a dusty street dream of shoes to wear While we stuff the turkey and then our bellies, many are digging through garbage for dinner While we share enchanted kisses under the mistletoe, someone…
Staring at the shiny orb filled with snowmen sporting colorful hats and scarves and painted on smiles Ayda exclaimed, “Nana, make the music play again!” She sat there balancing on her knees, fascinated by We Wish You a Merry Christmas accompanied by the make believe snow settling down around the frozen friends. I handed her […]
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Chocolate peppermint cookies Today has been a beautiful day in Southwest Florida but I have spent almost all of it inside, with the air conditioner cranked up and Christmas carols on. I spent the day baking and making fudge, then allowed myself to take the time to…
The day after Thanksgiving was reserved for putting away fall decorations and putting up all of my Christmas decorations and the tree. I had promised my granddaughter that she could help me and she was excited. My girls were laughing at me because I am so meticulous about everything is done and taking videos of […]
[Continue reading...]Okay, I know yesterday, I said to enjoy the leftovers; the sweet memories. However, this morning, when I woke up with achy muscles, swollen glands and a headache, I was not the least bit thankful for the “left-over” cold my eldest brought with her to FL. Her trip was delayed on the way down […]
[Continue reading...]As I looked in despair at the remaining Ziploc bags and plastic containers of left-overs in my refrigerator today, I thought about just throwing them away. Some of it looks like it’s starting to congeal and we are all to the point where if we never see another green bean casserole that would be fine. […]
[Continue reading...]Anyone who knows me at all or reads my blog very often will understand that I loathe snakes of any kind. Real ones, plastic ones, stuffed ones; it doesn’t matter. Pictures of snakes, branches that are shaped similar to snakes and even the dead vines in my fence that resemble snakes, all receive mutual disdain. […]
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Maybe I didn’t get to see everyone I would have liked to on Thanksgiving, but I am grateful for the ones that were seated around my table. We feasted on turkey and ham, with all the traditional sides, then just to be sure we were completely stuffed, we added desserts. Later that afternoon, we decided […]
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