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Category: Sweet!

  • Being a Mom…and sweet!s of the week

    For most of this day, I sat at my kitchen table, close to all of my kids plus my mom, constantly giving thanks that I could do so. I can't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day. I am blessed and I know it.    "I got to grow up with a mother…

  • Sleep, surprises…and other sweet!s

      Friday evening, after dinner at a friend's home, I collapsed into my bed and slept almost twelve hours. That…felt…so…good. For months I had been planning to get up early Saturday morning and drive the four hours to my hometown for a gathering of high school friends. At some point on Friday I realized I…

  • Sometimes it’s a God Thing

      I first met Rosa over the phone several weeks ago when I was working phone duty. She called inquiring about a house for lease. The next day I met her and her daughter, a law student, at the house. "I like it," her daughter said. But I could tell Rosa wasn't quite sold on…

  • Easter Sweet

      We shared Easter dinner with all of our kids today, no small feat once your kids get married and other families expect to see them on the holidays, too.  It's been a busy week. Besides Mama's hospital adventure, I started an intense 7-week real estate training course, which includes journaling and other homework, like…

  • Whew! I made it! (and other sweet!s in a birthday week)

      Considering it's past midnight on a long Tuesday…which means it's actually Wednesday…which means this post is at least two days late…this sweet! list is going to be a little more blurry and jumbly than most. My excuse is I'm a whole year older than I was last week…which means time is going by ten…

  • My Bluebonnet Fix (and other sweets of the week)

          This is one of my favorite times of the year, when bluebonnets appear almost overnight, splashing the roadsides as if the sky leaked blue. I spend a lot of time driving those roads and I've been aching to stop and say hello to our brief visitors. They'll be gone in just a…

  • Sweet Reflection

    I have a confession: I often forget to write down my sweet!s right when I notice them. …if I even notice them to begin with.  That's when composing this weekly post of mine becomes a real challenge, but even more important to accomplish. It forces me to stop and reflect on the seven days just passed ……

  • Canyon Wrens, Laptops, Irish Beer, and other Sweet!s

      I sat on the front porch for a few hours this afternoon. The sunshine and blue sky were so crisp I couldn't stand to be inside any longer. I grabbed my laptop and planted myself in a rocking chair to listen to training webinars while watching a cardinal and tufted titmouse take turns at…

  • Life in the Underground (and other sweet!s)

    Austin is a wild place right now, caught up in South by Southwest fever. I wish I had the time to just hang out downtown all day and night, catching interesting seminars and random stars performing. Maybe next year… But I moved a little closer this year by attending a kickoff party downtown for Austin…

  • A Saturday Morning at Austin’s Franklin Barbecue

    On the surface, getting up extra early on a Saturday morning to wait in line four hours for lunch doesn't sound very appealing, especially when the weather is kind of chilly and drippy. But I did it this past Saturday anyway, just to experience Franklin Barbecue for myself. I'm on a continual quest to discover…