Everything Will Be Okay
Our dog died last Wednesday. He had stopped eating and drinking and we knew the inevitable was coming. No matter how hard we prepared, we […]
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When to Let Go
Buckshot was a birthday gift to my husband the first year we were married, almost 16 years ago. He is a blue tick colored rat […]
Make Sure They Know They Matter
I do it every semester. No matter how hard I try to get ahead on grading for my online class, I always get behind and […]
A Slow Burn
Hesitantly my husband lit the large burn pile. Even though the wood was saturated from the night’s heavy rain, the wind was picking up, which […]
Reclaiming What Was Lost
I honestly expected to scare up a snake as I waded into the thigh high jungle of weeds behind our shed. The area backs up […]
Quality Versus Quantity
Remember all that time we wished we had at home a few months ago? How about all those projects just waiting for us to get […]
My New Quarantined Routine
My routine is gone. I don’t get up in the mornings and take my kids to school, but they still have schoolwork to do at […]
Feed Your Soul the Good Stuff
Here we are in the Spring of 2020 amid this Coronavirus quarantine. So many are isolated in homes, cut off from daily relationships of family, […]
The Fear Stops Here
“I can’t do it. I’m too scared,” I told my husband as I got out of the skid steer. “You don’t trust me?” he […]
It’s Time to Wake up
I can’t put my finger on it, but something changed this week. I noticed that flowers are blooming. Wildflowers, wisteria, honeysuckle, and amaryllis all caught […]