in tow

I couldn’t make this up if I tried. Saturday morningsthis time of yearin this part of the countrybegin atTrade Day So this morningsister banker, her love, and their 3swung by to pick upme and my 2 rascalsminus Cowboy Dan He headed to the hay fieldto begin cuttin’ hay, hay and MORE hay~please note: he told…

temporal or eternal?

while visiting a dear friend today who lost her precious father yesterday  I was reminded again of  the brevity of life it was at this same dear friend’s mother’s funeralin Novemberthat a new sense of urgency came upon me a realizationthat we don’t have time to be pettywe need to right-wrongsto share love with the unlovelyand hate…

GRATEFUL

lots going on in our little part of the worldhow about you? the last week of May is by far our busiest week of the year Cowboy Dan has to have LOTS of camp horses shod and ready for camphay fields are READY to be cutclosing out school for me and boysand taking time to…

almost

whew!  yesterday almost got the best of me headed out the door with a lump in my throatturned to Cowboy Dan and said“well…..this is it…the last day I walk out this door as Mrs. Smith of room 204, first grade teacher..(almost hyperventilating) I gasped and said “well??!! don’t you have any words of encouragement??!!!” Cowboy…

finales

isn’t it the time of the year for most season finales anyway?? today was our oldest little fella’s season finale as a Kindergartnerit was perfectthey quoted the 23rd Psalmsang praise to our Lordprayed and played togetherour cup runneth over as we watched from the stands tomorrow is it for memy season finale as a public educatormy…