As we're driving down the road, Ron glances at the digital clock in the van.    Ron : I got up twelve hours ago.  Me : And we're sti...

My dear friend Barbara  and I are intentional about getting together. Recently, I had invited her to have coffee in our new sunroom.  (The  ...

It's time for a another  Five on Friday , a gathering of blessings big and small.  {one} . Our second grandchild graduates from high sc...

At our Mother's Day gathering yesterday, we went around the room and named things that a mother would say . . . or things that our own m...

Our weekend plans had been in the works since December. Ryan and Sarah were running an adventure race  in Spotsylvania, Virginia and they as...

I had just come though a serious illness/hospitalization. I had just turned 40. I was on some heavy duty meds. I was still reeling from all...