Our tiny little family has been trying to deal with being let down by someone that we love, over and over and over again. I can say with a certainty that we would not have afforded them so much latitude, for so long, if they were not family. It is painful for Frank and I […]

Frank, through his job, has an opportunity not only to meet a variety of people, but to touch their lives. This reality is what makes his time away from us bearable. He does not do the typical job you would think, but like many in his field he tries to make a difference. On his […]

I can’t find my own words today…I don’t know what to say because I simply don’t understand. It is hard to watch others in pain…harder than I imagined it was for those that watched me. It is hard to deal with my own pain at the same time. All I can say is our world […]

Today I am just not doing well.  I wish that I could say that I was, but I am not.  I am getting through the last of the “hard days” before my enter my reprieve period.   It sounds so weird to say that, but it is true.  Once I get the kids settled into their […]

Life is what we make of it…I really hate that statement.  I think it is total crap too…cause if that is the case what the heck is this that I have going on!?  I know, I know…people mean if you are negative, life is negative and vice versa.  Really though, sometimes life just happens to […]

Today the boys and I spent some time at the Museum of Aviation aboard the Robins Air Force Base Georgia. It was a good place for us to be today. The boys really enjoyed looking at all of the planes and tinkering with various instruments, they even got Mommy into one of the simulators! We […]

Last week I was in Wilmington for a meeting, and as I was driving down the road I saw a restaurant sign “Asahi Ting” (say it fast, go ahead).  When I saw that sign I laughed out loud, literally.  I could hear Michael in my head saying it, and it made me laugh. I also […]

I tried in my last post to let go of the fact that my words were stolen…and I sucked at it.  That is mostly because finding that out took some of the joy and healing away from me (when I write).  I have decided that I will make my blog public again, I am very […]

I got really bummed after I found out someone I trusted stole my words and used it in mass media and I stopped writing as much.   I am kicking myself in the butt now, I guess I should be flattered that someone would want to steal my words and use them as their own, […]

I just read a book for school called “Belle Prater’s Boy” by Ruth White…it is children’s literature…that had a passage that got me thinking…“Aunt Belle had left Woodrow on purpose just like my daddy left me. Not because they didn’t love us. They did. But their pain was bigger than their love.” In the book […]