If you know me, you know I love the post it notes. All shapes, all sizes – from the itty bitty flags to the big week at a glance calendar post-it. Just the other day my youngest girl walked in my office, took a long look around and announced “Mom, post its are not an…
Vaughn and I just got home from a vacation in the Smoky Mountains. It’s our place to go to get away from the real world and spend some time along – just the two of us. We’ve been visiting the Smokies for almost 20 years and the beauty of the region is still just as…
I just wanted some tea. I didn’t see him… her? at first. I grabbed a glass and look down. Oh my – there he, she, it, whatever — there it was. Relaxing in my sink. I jumped back five feet – and would’ve jumped farther if I had a bigger kitchen, but let’s just move…
1986 – I was one week into my 24th year when she showed up. After the first TRUE labor pain I decided I didn’t REALLY want to be a parent. Oh what I would have missed! Charity was born early in the morning hours of September 13, 1986. She was a tiny little thing –…
9/11/2001 – It started off like any other day. I had my to do list and I was working through it. First up, order Charity’s birthday cake. I walked back in the house to a ringing telephone. “Turn on the TV,” was all she said. The urgency in her voice let me know that this…
