Hello, Lovely Friends! Today I want to share with you how we recently celebrated our 34th Anniversary. Whatever season of life you’re in I hope you’ll be inspired to see your life and the people you share it with as a gift worth celebrating! Big moments and small ones are opportunities for us to show…
Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music. — Unknown Our bags were packed for Plan B Part 2 of our vacation. We were on our way to find Helen! (If you’re wondering why it was Plan B click here to read last week’s post.) The GPS was guiding us but our…
The last weekend in October was a big weekend for us. Eric had been training for the Atlanta Marathon for months… …and the kids had been anticipating a surprise family trip. I finally let the cat out of the bag about the surprise trip when I got ready to order the Georgia Aquarium tickets. There…
We love to travel. There are so many places I want to go—New York, Paris, Bermuda, Greece, Ireland, Key West . . . The kinds of places that involve air travel, tour guides, passports. Travel that would require me to buy a set of luggage, have the post office hold my mail for a couple…
Sometimes as I click along through my week just doing my thing a word keeps popping up in every conversation or situation. After hearing it a few times it’s as if that particular word sets off bells and whistles and fireworks in my head. When that happens I know God is trying to teach me…
Eric and I have spent many hours sipping coffee and talking in our favorite coffee shops. But the truth is: Eric loves coffee and I love coffee shops. I mean, I like coffee but I really, really like coffee shops. The kind with good music, comfortable seating, cozy decor, and of course, the smell of…
Money spent for a trip to the Great Smokey Mountains—- $$$ Walking on the trail to Clingmans Dome—– Too far and too steep (almost) Hearing this 18 year old say, “This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen” And hearing this 72 year old say, “I’ve never seen anything like it”. Priceless.
Looking back through some of my writing from 2012 I found these words. I needed them again today. Maybe you need them, too. A week ago at this time, I was strolling through the streets of New Orleans with Eric chatting about where we wanted to have lunch. I was keenly aware that the trip…