Call us crazy, but Entrepreneur and I have agreed to have Twix come back to our house during the weekdays while Mama is at work. Last August, when Entrepreneur was in the throws of oral chemotherapy and life was more unsettled than normal, we all decided it might be better if Twix went to an [...]
When you become a parent, you finally appreciate and understand what your mother did. ~Julianne Moore Last Saturday was my birthday and we took a day trip to Kansas City. While we were there, we stopped by to see the woman who birthed me all those many decades ago. At 85, she is still kicking' [...]
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ~Dr. Seuss In a few weeks, this little spitfire of a grand girl will celebrate her fifth birthday. It's really hard to wrap my head around that fact. With a style all her own, she'll take [...]
Last month, just before Christmas, a dear friend of mine got promoted to Nana. I've watched for more than 20 years as her daughters have grown into beautiful young women with lives of their own. The birth of their first grand girl was cause for celebration and, since the family is so dear to me, [...]
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. ~Joseph Addison I amend this to include granddaughters as [...]
I'm not going to cry. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. Okay, yes, I cried. Today is the first day of Pre-K for Twix. And, I'd be a liar if I didn't admit this is a bittersweet day for both Entrepreneur and me. She has been with us since the day she was born. We [...]
Trying out a new blog hop today called Thankful Thursday. I probably need this hop to actively remind myself to look for the positive things in life since so much of my last few months have been spent in the company of anxiousness, stressfulness, irritation and frustration. They are really not good company and even [...]
