Happy Summer! The days are officially getting shorter now, but there’s still plenty of sunshine to be enjoyed in the coming months. (Along with fireflies at dusk, the sight of which brings me all sorts of joy.)
I say this every month, at least to myself, but I can’t believe it’s already time to link up with Heather Gerwing for another Share Four Somethings. Starting with …
I was doing some blog maintenance last week when I made a fun discovery: The next time I hit “publish” (today, in other words), I would be sending my 400th post out into the world. When I started blogging in September 2014, I had no plans to keep going until …
Last year, we put our American flag out for Memorial Day. The holiday came and went, and the flag stayed up. It looked nice there on our porch, next to the front door and the strawberry planter filled with impatiens. Plus, with everything going on in the country and world, …
I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, the day I usually publish a blog post each week. I’ve gone back and forth about posting something this week. It’s the time of month when I usually share my Four Somethings, but over the last several days, more pressing matters kept taking precedence …
I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch almost every day. I like what I like, what can I say? I’ve learned to be flexible over the years, to drop my regularly scheduled activities when something urgent comes up. For the most part, though, I do the same household …
Over the last few years, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to share some of my struggles and concerns with an older friend. I appreciate her wisdom, transparency and willingness to encourage me, even when it involves talking about things she wished she had done differently as a parent. I remember …