Tag: Parenting
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And So She Flew….
This blog has been quiet lately, but my nest has not been. My just-turned-23-year-young daughter (one of the twins) landed the kind of job we’ve been praying for since graduation last May. I rejoiced alongside her four weeks ago that God answered our prayers BIG, but was stunned that the…
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One of the Best Christmas Gifts I Ever Received
I’ve never been great at answering the question, “what was the best gift you’ve ever received?” Salvation? My children? Health? …. the list is long. But when pressed this year to come up with something tangible that was actually wrapped in paper, I had to say it was a Hallmark…
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I Can’t Have a Relationship with my Turkey
(Many people enjoyed this post so much last year, I thought it might be fun to re-post as we enter into Thanksgiving week…) I live in a suburb that is home to several beautiful farms. Recently, I saw two different signs offering turkeys for sale for Thanksgiving. I pulled over…
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The Power of God’s Country
God’s Country: “A place conceived of as especially favored by God; a place away from a city.” Merriam-Webster Last weekend, my husband and I flew to Virginia to see our youngest at school. She was thrilled to have us there and kept us really busy with her friends and touring…
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“Old” Hands Gave LIFE
Little children rub their grandparents hands with love. Teenagers sometimes make rude comments about “old people skin”. Such a comment was recently spoken by a random stranger to her friends about an elderly person next to her. The young girl was probably fortunate that it was in speedy-passing without us…
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Reminiscing During a Walk at the Park
I’ve been walking our local parks for years. I love them all (and we have several) for their individuality, but one close to my house has beauty, water and multiple sports fields that hold sentimental value to me.My son ran many-a-bases and threw countless pitches on the various baseball diamonds.…
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Grateful for the Few Remaining Drive-Ins!
It’s remained an annual tradition with my family of five. With 22 yr. old twins and a 20 yr. old (along with 10 others we invited this summer), we again drove over an hour to our favorite drive-in for a night of family fun. It’s something that we all look…
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Joining the Rat-Race Mid-Life
Over 20 years ago, I sat on the tarmac in Iowa waiting to take off and return home from a business trip. I was in my first big-girl job post-college, and after receiving a promotion, was promptly sent to various cities to work with administrators in the Midwest and Northeast.…
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D-Day Celebrations Have Me Thinking About Patriotism
I don’t come from a military family, nor was I raised with any real political discussion or thoughts about country. Yet, in my twenties I started paying attention to history and even more so in the last decade, I’ve grown to be highly patriotic. There was no significant reason why…
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Why Isn’t Parenting Considered a Profession and Why Are We So Embarrassed by It?
If you’ve read this blog lately, you know I’ve been traveling a bit. Conversations among a wide array of human beings, each simultaneously living strikingly similar yet vastly dissimilar family lives fascinated me. A perpetual student at heart, I enjoyed every small talk chat and lengthier conversation surrounding the literal…
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2 Ducks. 2 Universities. 2 Weeks.
My daughter graduated from college on Saturday and my son will graduate in two weeks. If you read this blog regularly, you know they are twins and we were jumping with joy a year ago when my daughter’s university finally listed the graduation date and it was different from her…
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An April Fool’s Joke You Can’t Get Away With in 2019
Right up until the kids moved to college, I always pulled some shenanigans on April Fool’s Day – every single year. It was especially fun during the high school years when teenagers pulled open the fridge door, only to have a bowl of dry cereal dumped on their head. Mornings…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 