Paddle Out Your Differences
Recently I took our grandsons out on the lake in the kayaks. Everyone had their own boat, although some of the boats were easier to paddle than the others. We…
Math Teacher
Our oldest granddaughter was in kindergarten, and she could not WAIT to share some of her knowledge with everyone at home. As we visited on Facetime, she could not wait…
On Target
Every parent knows that a refrigerator box makes the BEST toy. My husband tells the best story about how he and his best friend in middle school had some fun…
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…
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…
A “Little Bike Accident”
We spent an Easter in Tennessee with my daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons when the boys were quite young. The spring weather was amazing, and we spent most of our…
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’…
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.…
That’s What I’m Talkin’ about!
As we were raising our kids, we encouraged them to get involved in ‘extra circular activities’. We tried to expose them to different sports and different activities, so that they…