Fearfully and wonderfully made

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, …

Almost Wordless Wednesday

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 …

The end of an era

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 …

Thankful Thursday

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 …

Dear Granddaughter…..

In September, we celebrated Peanut's 9th birthday. NINE! It's hard to comprehend it was nine years ago I was promoted to being a Nana. A lot has been packed into those nine years...sometimes it seems like a lifetime ago she was placed in my arms, but at other times, nine years seems to have flown …