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54 days ago
One of my earliest memories is of a friend of the family who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. When he would visit our family he would always let us children look at his prosthetic leg. We would gawk in amazement as he pulled his pants leg up to reveal the hard plastic leg. Sometimes he would let us feel it and knock on it. I was always fearfully mesmerized with it. Hand in hand with that memory, is another of a teenage boy (or maybe he was in his early 20’s) who would ride his motorcycle endless up and down our dead end street. It was loud and I was always scared as his engine revved, popped and sputtered for what seemed to me like hours. I didn’t like loud noises or motorcycles and can remember being terrified to go outside or even function during this time he was riding the street. Later, in elementary school, I watched in amazement as a good friend of mine nonchalantly hopped on a motorcycle with her Dad and rode away from school. I could not comprehend how she ...
65 days ago
I like to joke that my husband has a sauce for EVERYTHING! When we first got married I was not very good at making sure he had the right sauce in the refrigerator to go along with the meal I cooked. Neither my Mom or my Dad are big sauce eaters so my Hubby opened a whole new world to me when it came to sauces. I guess some would be considered condiments, but I promise Hubby must have at least one with each meal – even breakfast: Ketchup, mustard, honey mustard, spicy mustard, mayo, chow chow, relish, soy sauce, horseradish sauce, thousand island, tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, salsa, hot sauce, picante sauce, hollandaise sauce, BBQ sauce, ranch, Italian and on and on the list goes. If they make a sauce most likely you will find it in my kitchen. Surprisingly, none of my kids are big sauce eaters. Two of them don’t even like spaghetti sauce. Sissy is starting to eat mayo some, but Bubba will not touch a sauce of any kind. The one exception to all this is Paddy and his ...
71 days ago
Sometimes God’s plans are not the same as our plans. Two years ago I was so happy and relieved to finally be a stay at home Wife and Mother. I believed firmly that was God’s plan for our family. Hubby and I had worked hard for years trying to make it happen and then we watched astonished as God cleared the path and opened the door more amazingly than we could have ever imagined. We turned to God in prayer yielding ourselves to His way and our faith grew as we watched God work. Almost exactly two years later I am working again. I didn’t think I would be and I certainly didn’t want to, but I believe this to be God’s plan. A few weeks ago my Hubby and I were at lunch discussing several pending contracts in his business and the situation with our renter as well. We were hashing out best and worst case scenarios in our financial situation - planning ahead. We talked about the worst possible should all go down hill at the same time. I said with reluctance, “Well…should I ...
78 days ago
One of my pet peeves when I was pregnant was having strangers rub or touch my belly. I remember once we were at a fast food restaurant placing our order and the girl behind the counter just reached over and started rubbing my pregnant belly. I jumped back a bit alarmed. I was always happy to let Hubby sit for hours on end rubbing my belly, talking to it, or just waiting for some sort of movement. I can remember letting several different family members or close friends engage in this same belly activity, but not strangers. I recently observed a pregnant friend struggle with this awkward moment as well. We were in conversation at a get together when another woman we both knew walked up and put both her hands on the pregnant woman’s belly and then proceeded to move her hands all around for several minutes. I could tell my newly pregnant friend (only just starting to show) was taken back. She moved backward slightly, but was unsure how to handle the situation. She knew the ...
80 days ago
Some friends of ours were camping about 45 minutes outside of Nashville so we joined them for a little bit of old fashioned family fun. We explored the park and did a little creek stomping. I’m not really sure if the adults or the children had more fun. View Full Album
