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…
Excuse me, what time is it? How many of us look at our phones to get the time or our step trackers around our wrists? Old school clocks are becoming more and more of a dinosaur these days. But there is something nostalgic about clocks. I actually smile when I see a business that still has a good ol’ two-handed clock on the wall. When I stay at my husband’s grandparents house, I am in clock heaven. They have…
This is such a special time of the year as many students will take that walk across the stage to graduate. Pre-K, Kindergarten, high school…they can all be emotional. If you are there with your kids, please know I’m celebrating with you! This week, my goddaughter graduated from high school. I sat next to my best friend and her family as we anxiously waited for all of the students to enter the arena for the ceremony. As soon as Pomp…
I feel so blessed to have woken up at the beach this morning with my sweet girls, momma, and my sister and her family. My husband knows my heart is most free when I see the ocean and when I’m around my family. Watching the kids play in the water with my mom was priceless. My momma is 76 and such a fun, sweet, and sassy little China doll. Every Mother’s Day I feel the tension and joy of wanting…
Today my baby turns twelve! I’m feeling all the feels. I’ve cried today thinking about the first time I held Emma Grace in the hospital. Her big brown eyes looking up at me with total dependence. Where has the time gone? When she was little, we would walk around the neighborhood and she would reach up to hold my hand. She would wave and blow kisses at neighbors and animals with the other hand. She is now 5’6″ and taller…