Instant Smile: Just add water
Growing up in the mid-80's, the slip-n-slide was the hot new thing. It really wasn't much of anything, to be quite honest. It was a small piece of plastic that you put in between your sprinklers. You would run, slide about 4 feet and roll off into the grass while accruing scrapes, ...
Why a small children’s party is as good, if not better than a large party
Today, I was reading Jen's blog (which, if you haven't read it, you should) on her child's birthday party and the quandary she is in due to the creativity of her son and his having invited most of the school and the neighboring 3 counties (my author liberty) to his birthday party.
When I ...
Get over it, it’s all in the past: Relationship changes and how we adapt
As adults, we want to believe that we are able to move beyond the things that happened in our past and we very much choose to believe that we are able to forget the people that we have tied ourselves to during that time. We let go of them and 'get on with our ...
A smile for you
Sometimes just the recognition of humanity in others reminds us of our own humanity. This brought a smile to my heart and I wanted to share it with you in the hopes that it might lift you as well. Have a wonderful day.
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Harold : When a child brings animals into the home
Yesterday, AJ came into the living room and yelled joyfully, 'Mama! I found a caterpillar!!' I remember the joy of childhood in which a 'willyworm' could be hours of entertainment. I would watch them cross roads, pass over sticks and climb trees and stare in fascination. I grew up on a ...
Joy : A great-granddaughter’s reflections
When we're children, we don't appreciate the adults in our lives who bestow that amazing wisdom upon us that we would vacuum up as adults. In fact, we often view them as stuffy, old, or not the type of people that we want to spend time with. I don't know that I ever ...