My Gram Carr died 16 years ago on Mother’s Day. Were she still alive, she’d be 85 this year. I’ve been thinking a lot about her life. She had a lot of challenges. From what I recall, she met them with a strong spirit, humor and lots of hard work. Here are a few memories [...]

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Presentation for preparing fun deviled egg

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My husband’s grandmother knows I’m “crafty” (in the artsy sense!) and so she has been giving me all sorts of cool things she’s gathered over the years and now wants out of her garage. I love these “treasure boxes” that my 4 year old and I also refer to as “jackpots.” We fight over the [...]

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Coping mechanisms take many forms. Unfortunately, for me eating is a way to “deal.” Especially now that I don’t drink, I seem to be more of a “foodie” than before.
This holiday season has been very stressful for me. Maybe because I have little kids I’ve been thinking back to my own childhood quite a lot. [...]

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The Power of Positive Thinking
By Special Guest Blogger, “Word Surgeon Rhonda”
I woke around 5-ish, in a dark room that smelled like apples and cinnamon (thanks to Glade plug-ins) and felt like home – good thing, considering it was home. I stretched out luxuriously and puffed my pillow beneath my neck. I was plenty [...]

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For some reason, holidays get so stressful. Maybe we are all thinking of who we “should” be and forgetting to enjoy who we really are. Or maybe issues that have been bubbling all year come to a head at the holidays during all the “togetherness…”
I’ll spare you the details but, suffice it to say – [...]

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