Out in my yard today… 70 degrees and little breezy. So ready for summer weather to arrive! The colombine, one of my personal favorites, is in full bloom. I’m grateful for… guardian angels that accompany my daughter when she is driving. Last week there was a malfunction with the car that could have resulted in a dangerous situation for her. By the grace of God she made it home safe and sound. One of my favorite things… are my Sloggers, these garden clogs that my husband gave me last year. No matter how muddy they get, I can just spray

I arrived as a later-in-life surprise to my parents. A surprise and a bit of a miracle. Allow me to explain… Following the birth of their second child, my parents were advised by their physician to not have any more children since pregnancy and childbirth were so difficult for my mother. He also told them that it was highly unlikely that they would ever conceive again and to be thankful for their two healthy sons. My folks had hoped to have a larger family, but, given the multiple miscarriages they had endured in order to have two children, they decided

Today is my youngest daughter’s last day in middle school. Hallelujah! I would have never dreamed that I would be so excited for her to leave that place, but my anticipation has been growing over the past few weeks. Not because I’m in a hurry for her to grow up. She is my baby girl, after all. My baby girl who used to tell me that she didn’t want to get big, she wanted to stay little forever. My baby girl who said that she would live next door to me when she was a “growed up.” So why am

Out in my yard today… windy, sunny, windy, rainy, windy… you name it, we’ve got it! The weather has been particularly crazy this last week, even for our area. We even had some snow this last weekend. I planted my little garden, in spite of it all. Lettuce, tomatoes (roma, cherry, yellow pear), cucumbers, zucchini, and yellow squash. The irises are blooming now. Good news since we moved them to a new spot last year. Also blooming in the yard today are the gorgeous gerbera daisies I recently planted. I love their bright color! Each spring I try to plant