We all have those moments when we commit to something and soon after, wonder what we’ve gotten ourselves into. I have to think that this might have been what was going on in Coleman’s mind when he committed to being on his middle school’s wrestling team. He was excited, but after 2 weeks of […]
Our sweet next door neighbor passed away last summer and her house just now went up for sale. Agnus was in her early 90’s and was the original owner of that house, buying it brand new in 1947. She raised a daughter there and outlived her husband. She was an independent, determined woman who had […]
“Momma, are you going to write on the blog anytime soon?” Geez, why do kids have to remind us of the things we are failing at? Yes, Judah, now that you just said that, that is exactly what I am doing. We survived the holidays here and actually had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas; right […]
Both of my parents’ hair started to go gray at a relatively young age, so following in their footsteps, mine did the same. Right around age 28 or 29 I began to notice a few gray hairs mixed in with my dark brown. And then within what seemed like a week, there were a lot […]
Wow. So school started and then lots of other things happened. All the things happened except me writing on the blog. Most have probably given up on me by now, but in the spirit of hating to give up altogether, I’m back. We recently had our annual visit from my brother, Joey, and his family. […]
One more week until school starts and we are barely hanging on by a thread over here. Case in point, I am currently shut upstairs in my bedroom writing, pretending like I don’t hear the chaos happening below me. I started out strong, really, I did. The month of July was spent with Charlie and […]
Today is my first day of being 41 years old. The newness of being 40 has faded and now it’s just “on to living the rest of this decade”. In getting together with a few friends to celebrate, I was trying to find the perfect place to celebrate 41; good atmosphere, not too expensive, good […]
Just a few days after school was out we packed our bags and headed to Hawaii with the Hirschman clan. I actually had a few people comment on our upcoming trip saying that it’s a bummer to go to Hawaii in the summer when the weather is so nice here. Really?! When is it ever […]
“Can I go up to the deck? Please, please, can I Momma?” he begged. It’s a 15-minute ferry ride, 20 minutes tops. After years of going on ferries, why is it such a big deal? We traveled on this same ferry on our way to the wedding. The whole family went up to the deck, […]
Today was the last day of school for us. I know, I know, we’re pretty much the last district on the planet that was still in school. We’ve been counting down to this day and we’re all pretty happy about it. But as I’ve been thinking about what the end of school means and what […]