I had fun looking over the last year. It’s amazing how many details we forget and how much actually happens within one year. My social life was off the charts – mostly with new friends made through preschool, church, and the mommy group. I was challenged to do things like play laser tag and try […]
Erase the Hate
I would rather eat a bug than purposefully offend or hurt someone. Seriously. I have been known to be a little sensitive myself, and I cannot stand the thought of intentionally causing someone pain. Doesn’t mean I haven’t done it. Sometimes, as people, we are just naturally mean spirited. But I always feel badly about […]
11 Years
11 Years Ago Today, JD and I tied the knot. We have had our ups and downs. We have moved around the globe together, had four babies together, suffered the loss of our daughter Kathryn. We have laughed, we have cried, we have fought. Love is a battlefield friends. But so far, we’re winning. (At […]
Remembering 9/11… Where Were You?
Remembering 9/11 It’s the question that all of us who lived through that day ask every time we talk about that day, isn’t it? All of us who were old enough to remember, know EXACTLY where we were and what we were doing. I was putting my hair up in a bun and […]
Rare Bird…
All Things Are Possible with God… Really, this would be the last verse in which I would expect a mother, who just lost her twelve-year-old son, to find comfort. But Anna does. [Tweet “On September 8, 2011, Anna sent her two children out to play, but only her daughter came back. Three years ago today, […]
Sandwich Generation?
We just got home from our trip yesterday. I have so much I want to write about, but right now, I’m catching up. I want to share some other really great posts with you, and hope you’ll check them out. Are you stressed out by being a mom in the Sandwich Generation? I wrote a […]
When all that's left is laughter
I hugged my friend’s brother tightly and for what seemed like forever before we dropped our embrace. “We have to stop getting together like this!” I told him. “It better be like 100 years before we do this again!” We both laughed nervously. “We’ve already made a pact,” he said, gesturing toward his sister. “We’re […]
When all that’s left is laughter
I hugged my friend’s brother tightly and for what seemed like forever before we dropped our embrace. “We have to stop getting together like this!” I told him. “It better be like 100 years before we do this again!” We both laughed nervously. “We’ve already made a pact,” he said, gesturing toward his sister. “We’re […]
Throwback Thursday
On June 28, 2001, I was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. After 12 long weeks of Officer Training School, which seemed like a lifetime back then, we were finally real people again. I had no idea what the world would bring in the upcoming months. September 11, 2001. Wars. […]
Ten Things of Thankful {Family Reunion Style!}
The Great Family Reunion This week we’ve been in Iowa for our family reunion. Should be no problem to find ten things to be thankful for! 1. Thankful that my grandmother is still in such good health and that my grand children were able to spend some time with her and see her farm. 2. […]
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day Dad!
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father’s Day Dad!
June 6th 1944 – Remembering 70 Years Later {D-Day}
June 6th 1944 I could not let today pass without mentioning the 70th Anniversary of D Day. On June 6th 1944 the Allied nations landed bravely on the coast of Normandy, France, as part of Operation Overlord and began the offensive that would eventually lead to the defeat of the Nazis. Most of us have […]
That time a Camel Spider attacked me on a deployment – Memorial Day
“Ewwww!” I squealed! Please tell me those are not also in Qatar? “Oh I am sure they are!” laughed my friend Ryan, who was showing me pictures of giant spiders documented by soldiers in Iraq. Darn him for showing us those pictures. “Lemme see!” my friend Alicia piped in. We both squirmed as we looked […]
