The year 1997 was a difficult, emotional year for Lynn and I. It didn’t help that we had also suddenly found ourselves as empty nesters when our youngest daughter unexpectedly fell in love, got engaged and then married in a matter of three months … and moved to Seattle. I really missed her and knowing [...]
I’ve spend an incredible afternoon reading a very uplifting, heart rending story on the pages of a blog of a woman who lost her ten month old baby in a tragic accident June 15th, 2008.. She is a beautiful, talented writer and I have felt the combination of her mind, heart, and soul as [...]
I wish I could go back to this day when I sat by Mom and held her hand at my brother’s house in Highland,Utah. This was taken in January 2007 … just a couple of weeks before the sudden death of my brother, Chick … three months before Mom’s death. Sometimes I just ache to [...]
Doggie piddled in the hall today … on the carpet. I scolded her and sent her to her bed. I just dropped my Diet Coke on the sofa and carpet in the TV room. Does that mean …. ?
It took me two hours but I actually completed my first crocheted baby bootie; not a set of baby booties mind you, one single green baby bootie that could cover one tiny little foot. My friend finished a cream colored one. It will be a miracle if I can produce another one that turns out [...]
The girls and I have become quite close since my retirement a year ago. It’s getting so we almost do everything together. Last night we stayed awake together because one of us, that would be me, had jumpy legs and couldn’t sleep. FiFi did her best to relax me by massaging my neck and purring [...]
There are two things I learned in my first years of marriage that are worth passing on. The first I learned from a book called “Fascinating Womanhood” which I read in 1971, just before I went to Hawaii to meet Lynn on leave from Vietnam. There were parts of the book I didn’t go along [...]
Alice provided me with a topic for today’s blog when I read her neat post about how Utah celebrates the 24th of July. It brought to my mind that the 24th of July isn’t just a Utah celebration day … there are parties and barbeques wherever Mormons can gather and spread a feast of meats, [...]
Here are a few of the pictures from the reunion … I can’t post them all but it turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone. The old folks are now Ann & Arnold who have graduated to first place. I think they are expecting this will get them some respect or something. [...]
Who do you think is enjoying nap time the most? It started with me sprawling out on the couch. Pretty soon baby Ande sees me as she is passing in the hall. Soon after that you add Fresca to the formula and that adds up to a pretty good combination for a nice [...]
