What I Learned from Sara

What I Learned from Sara

Sweet Sara passed on from a life of pain and confinement to one of pure joy and freedom late Saturday evening. (Read my tribute and those of many others here.) In February Sara left a comment on one of my first Camera Phone Friday posts, telling how she always...

Choose Joy: For Sara

A week ago I learned that my friend and fellow (in)courage author, Sara (or Gitz, as she is affectionately known), won’t be here with us much longer. Sara suffers from a disease with a long, complicated name. She has been homebound for some time, gets sick...
Big Birthday Weekend and Homemade Pizza Night

Big Birthday Weekend and Homemade Pizza Night

It’s really strange not having a baby any more. Our youngest turned six in June, this weekend the second youngest turned eight, and Tuesday the third youngest turns ten. We’ve had a big birthday weekend: the new Winnie the Pooh movie and Cracker Barrel on...

We Moms Need a Few Tricks up Our Sleeves

Thursday evening I glare at a plastic McDonald’s cup lid lying in our driveway—a lid that I’d left there for a couple of days, waiting for one of the kids to have an attack of conscience and pick it up—and an idea begins to brew. Minutes later I call the...
Why, Hello There!

Why, Hello There!

Out-of-state company; preparations for a new year of Classical Conversations; one son returning to college tomorrow and another one moving back home on the same day; savoring the last days of summer break with the family: all this and more has slowed my blogging pace...
A Day at the Lake with Neutrogena Wet Skin Sunblock

A Day at the Lake with Neutrogena Wet Skin Sunblock

This week our family took a trip to the lake to have some fun and test Neutrogena’s new Wet Skin sunblock spray. Neutrogena is the first in the U.S. market to introduce a new technology called Helioplex, which provides better, longer protection from harmful UVA...

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