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Category: birthdays

  • A weekend of birthday celebrations and away they go again…

        My oldest and his beautiful wife are somewhere over the Pacific Ocean right now, traveling to New Zealand with another couple for a trip of a lifetime, one they've dreamed about for years. I would say "the" trip of a lifetime, but these two have already spent Oktoberfest in Munich, honeymooned in Italy,…

  • Lesson #84 (Happy birthday, happy Friday the 13th, and thank you, Mama!

       "You must have been a beautiful baby…" ~Johnny Mercer     Last week I asked my mom what she wanted for her birthday. She stared off for a few seconds, then looked at me and said "More time." But there was a twinkle in her eye, and her mouth turned up in a grin as…

  • “…as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.”

      My middle son turned 27 today. My "baby" turned 24 this summer and my oldest will be 30 in December. Yikes!  I can only imagine how my mom feels, knowing her baby (me) is 56. But I can see in her eyes when she looks at me, even though our roles are somewhat reversed…

  • Happy birthday, Daddy!

      My Daddy's been gone two years now, so it's truly a blessing that I can still see him in my mind, alive and well, with eyes twinkling. Even now, I turn to him in tough times and hear his voice encouraging me. Photographs and blog posts help keep his memory fresh. I've spent the…

  • Finishing a blog post, and other sweet!s from September…

      Tonight there's a super moon and lunar eclipse, all rolled into one event. I planned to take photos as the moon rose above the horizon, but discovered my camera battery was dead! So I charged it some and then made it out in time to witness the eclipse with Daniel, who just arrived home…

  • How do you hug a house?

      So, house, we love thee, as we could not loveA palace wherein no pulse of love had struck,Where farewells had not been—and whereNo busy memories haunt the vacant rooms.~J.J. Britton (1832–1913), "A Home"       I'm nearing the end of this summer's journey of clearing out my parents' home. My childhood home.   …

  • Sharing delights. And sorrows, too.

      An older sister is a friend and defender – a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights.  And sorrows too.   ~Pam Brown For a few years, my sister and I shared the small room above.  It was painted a pale purple at the time. It was in this room that I remember…

  • Baby girls, and other sweet!s

      Baby girls twirl into your life a sweet pink rush of kisses and hugs and giggles, petticoats and tiaras, soccer cleats and mudpies, baby dolls and bicycles, makeup and skinned knees, spitfire and swallowed tears. They're a wonder to behold,  an ever-changing blessing.     ~ me     Today my baby turned 24…

  • A Sweet Backtrack Through May and June… Part 2

      Okay, where was I? Oh, yes… May. Thank goodness I have photos to remind me of some of those sweet! moments from last month. Here we go…   Hanging out with your sister-in-law's precious shelter rescue "Penny" for 10 days. (She plopped down between my feet like that all on her own! I'm so grateful…

  • Well, 56 isn’t so bad…

      I turned 56 two weeks ago. I've had intentions of writing this post ever since, but somehow the days have just flown by me. I hope that's not indicative of this coming year! But I know it will be. Heck, it's indicative of the past decade! But otherwise, I'm kind of liking 56. I…