Boy. He’s one of my favorite things. Spoken like a doting mom, right? When Boy first entered our lives, I was nervous about being a good mom. I find it interesting that when Girl entered our lives that I was nervous about being a good MIL. When Sweet E entered? Oh, man…the nerves. But, as …
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If you’ve read here, even for a short time, you know of my deep love for my family. I LURVS THEM! When I’m with any of them, they have my full attention. I’m all in, making every moment count. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve lived long enough to know that things can …
I offered my first What I’ve Learned as a grandmama when Sweet E hit six months. How much more could I have learned in three months? Plenty. ~ I’m good in a crisis concerning Sweet E, but once I get a green light to cry, I’m all in. Sweet E and DIL were in a …
After Boy was born, my sweet M-I-L ceremoniously handed me a folded and well-worn page torn from a women’s magazine. When I unfolded it, there was an image of a child’s birthday cake in the shape of an elephant. She told me that she had made the elephant cake for Husband almost from the time …
I love Christmas foods. Fine, I love food…but there’s something special about the food you only eat during a specific season, like at Christmas. It’s during late June and early July that I start my Christmas cravings. And just in case you don’t want to do the math, that means that I need to wait …
I went to check my mail and my neighbor met me out front. John is a great neighbor. He and his wife Marilyn regularly babysit Dexter (as we babysit theirs). You remember Dexter: Not only are they neighbors whom we trust with our house keys, but they were a large part of Boy’s youth; they …
It’s been a month, 4 weeks and one day, of growing into my new role as Grandmutter (?), Grannna (?), Geema (?), and I want to share some unexpected truths I’ve learned. Nothing but the best for you, my sweet readers. Let’s bullet point this truth-down, shall we? * I love my family deeply. This …
Who just had this reaction after reading that title: ~gag~?! Come on now, you should know better than that. OMT isn’t gonna gross you out. As a site owner/blogger/occasional iffy vlogger, I do lots of rooting around the Internets looking for the very best for you. While this site is mainly focused on grandparents and …
Let me tell y’all that I’m feeling the excitement grow as FB* dives lower and Momma starts peculating. No. Nothing, as in active labor, is happening right now, but it could happen in under a week. I have the 29th in the baby-pool, but Girl needs to get to the 31st, for school purposes. ON …