Strawberry Smoothie – who’s in? It’s warming up in Texas (when isn’t it?!), and that means fruit is plentiful and ready to be made into smoothies. As I wrote the above, I realized that you may be reading this in the winter (after publication) – if so: a strawberry smoothie is a treat in the …
Garry and I have been married for over 32 years and we’re honestly happier than ever. Not that it’s always been easy; anything this valuable doesn’t come without a price. We’ve earned our marriage battle scars, but more importantly, when faced with the hardness of life, we’ve taken the path of joy and having a …
Husband’s birthday rolled around and I asked him what kind of cake he’d like me to make. His usual pick is a Manhattan Cheesecake. This time around, he gave me nothing. ~crickets~ Seriously, if anyone ever asks me what kind of cake I’d like them to bake, you can believe I will THINK OF SOMETHING! …
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 …
I was born on the Day of the Dead. If you live in or near a Mexican community, you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, then you may have never heard of Dia de Los Muertos. Day of the Dead, or All Soul’s Day in the Catholic community, has been popularized in the …
I thought it would be fun to look back over the last six months since Sweet E was born and see what I’ve learned (with apologies to Esquire). #1) The human capacity for love doesn’t spring from one well, but many. My absolute love for my own child is so deep and wide that I …
I have been baking up a storm (today it’s pumpkin sweet rolls) on a foot that I burned on a hot sidewalk -so much so, that I can not run or even bike-and I lost all sense of time and realized that I didn’t have a post ready for today, so I swiped this from …
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 …
If you were allowed one parenting do-over, what would you use it on? Or shall we never speak of that which shames us? ~gulp~ Parents make mistakes. Truth. Parents can make mistakes daily. Hard truth. Parents are learning as they go. Worst-kept parenting secret ever. So, what would be my parenting do-over? Let me start …