I have grown and matured over the years. My sister’s birthday is proof. She is my older sister who many times looks younger than I do. (That’s fun! Not really.) Growing up, I wanted to be just like her! She was cool and smart and had the best clothes! She made it clear that I was not allowed to hang with her friends when they were over. If I was caught taking clothes from her closet, I was “dead meat!”…
Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Little Bo Peep…I have fallen in love with all of the Toy Story characters over the years! Leading up to the release of the new movie, Toy Story 4, I wasn’t sure how I would feel about this new “toy”. It’s a crazy-looking, plastic spork (combination of a fork and spoon), with pipe cleaner arms and glued-on googly eyes. I had no idea how much I would relate to this silly…
Do you ever think back to being a kid and get flashes of moments in time? I was in middle school and as my birthday approached my daddy took me to the Service Merchandise store to pick out a few things. I remember putting a chalk board and colored chalk in the cart. As we started to walk by the jewelry counter, I knew what I wanted. It was a “Daddy’s Little Girl” charm I had seen many times before….
I’m a Florida girl trying to experience a day at the “beach” in Michigan. It’s where my husband grew up and the place my kids count down to visit. Family, memories, and snow. Only this visit was a little warmer. Cold by my standards but no snow. We drove to Lake Michigan. It was my very first visit to the lake. As I walked along the shore with my jacket on I noticed that there weren’t many shells. Picking up…