Stranded
During the summer, once our grandsons were old enough, we would grab them and they would stay with us for a week here and a week there. One year we…
Tiny Dancers
One of the cutest things at a dance recital is the ‘littles’ doing their routine. Our ‘grandbeauties’, three and five years old, have been taking dance classes. The younger granddaughter…
The ‘Green Monster’
Living in North Carolina, we love living by the water. The one thing we quickly learned is that the shoreline doesn’t take care of itself. After a storm, there is…
I’m Out
After moving to the Carolina’s, our grandsons would spend time with us on the lake. Sometimes we would invite others to come hang out on the boat and play on…
Lost At Sea?
When we lived in California, one of our favorite things to do was to rent a houseboat and spend a week on the lake. Several times we went to a…
Manna From Above
When my kids were three and five, I enrolled them in a gymnastics class, hoping this would help my son learn to tuck and roll as he did his ‘daredevil’…
Drive Yourself
When I was fourteen years-old we lived outside of the capital of Montana, where my dad was the minister at the church we attended. He usually took his own car…
How do you get from here to there… what do you do?
Moving from the West Coast to the East Coast was filled with challenges. The new company that had hired my husband to move us to the Carolinas was moving us.…
Hot Lunch on the Lake
Every year we would spend a week at the lake, playing in the water, waterskiing, and having a great time. Sometimes we would camp in a tent, and other times…
I Stuck The Landing!
I think we all remember our first paying job, and how we got it, whether if was the conventional way, or something a little crazy. We lived outside of a…