Scrunching and Bunching

Grandmothers are just antique little girls. ~Author unknown Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. ~Doug Larson I don’t intentionally spoil my grandkids. It’s just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left. ~Gene Perret When Twix asked …

Strolling Down Memory Lane

Last summer, while on the way back from a day trip to St. Louis, Entrepreneur and I detoured through Wentzville, Missouri, the town where my dad was born and my grandmother lived the majority of her adult life as a widow. Her name was Laura, and she was a short, stout German woman who was …

Awwww Monday: Twix and Papa

The very old and the very young have something in common that makes it right that they should be left alone together. Dawn and sunset see stars shining in a blue sky; but morning and midday and afternoon do not, poor things.  ~Elizabeth Goudge Papa (aka: Entrepreneur) had his second immunotherapy session on February 20th. …

Monday Grand Girl Spark

Grandkids bring you into a sweeter, slower present. They show you the future at a time when a lot of your friends are thinking about the past. And they take you back to childhood--theirs, the Parent's, your own: a three-time admittance to wonderland. ~Adair Lara Peanut and Twix....our grand girls! Peanut is 9 years old and …

Adding February to my bracelet

I've always liked the color purple. And in February, I'll be adding this color to my memory bracelet. Why, you may ask? Because that's when Peanut becomes a big sister! February's birthstone is amethyst. According to tradition, the amethyst symbolizes stability, peace, balance, courage, inner strength and a calm disposition. Perfect. We can use all of …