those who attended high school in our small town in the 80s or 90s know immediately without hesitation who I am speaking of when I say“NEVER SURRENDER”whether you were a wrestler (I was NOT but I married one)or were in his Health class or shop class Coach Billy Colburn (love you COACH!)taught you to “NEVER SURRENDER” I wish I had a nickel for every timeI’d reflected uponthose two simple…
it’s HOMECOMING WEEK in our small townand though I am not an avid football fanI LOVE HOMECOMING!and all the festivitiesthe paradethe bonfirethe crowning of the newest queenand the gamewell-I don’t get all CRAZY about the game but I do enjoy visiting with friends I haven’t seen since high schoolspeaking of high schooland the Homecoming courtwhich leads…
our group of homeschool friendshave been meeting every other Friday at 10for some 4H FUN!and fellowshipour lessons and experiments have come from the Acres of Adventures National 4-H Curriculum this curriculum has been an AWESOME way to introduce our kiddos to life science and the world of agricultureand the role agriculture plays in our livesevery dayat our first gathering we made homemade play-dohone batch from whole…
the other daywhile sorting throughour paper trail I began to considerour “PEOPLE TRAIL”the people in our lives currently and those pastwho have ENRICHEDENCOURAGEDor AFFIRMED our steps along the waywe are BLESSED to have had MANY we CHERISH here are just a couple of our rare andtreasured relationships YEARS ago-(almost positive it was 1998)on a Saturday morninga strong knock on our screen doorfrom a man of tall statureand a DEEP voicecame looking…
“Thick skinned” Not easily offended. those who know me bestwould gladly affirm this truth growing upDaddy-O, Precious, sister banker, sister nurse and Imade it a practiceto be honestalways.even if it left you feelinganything butwarm and fuzzy if we had questionswe asked.suggestions?we offered them.oftenwhether asked or not! and sohere we aresix months or sointo our new…
now this onereallytook me by surprise several days agomy tallest rascal, Tuckcame running insidewith a birthday invitationhot off the presshand deliveredto himat home. his response…..“Now mom… I’m going to this one!” so we stuck the invite on the fridgelike we dowith all invites(because apparently birthdays are a BIG business these days-whew!!)but this inviteturned outto be…