My Samhain altar (Click for a larger view in a new window.) Blessed Samhain to all! Samhain (pronounced "sow-in") is an important Sabbat in the Wheel of the Year. Many celebrate it as the Celtic New Year, as I do. It is a day that also represents the end of the harvest and the beginning […]
Happy birthday, Ty-man! My baby is 6 years old today, although it definately doesn’t seem possible! I still remember the day I had him like it was yesterday. I was scheduled to be induced at 0600, so at 0530 I was at my girl Stacy’s front door with Scotty so he could stay with her […]
Every year, this day is bittersweet for me. On one hand, it is my son Donovan’s birthday. But on the other hand, it is the anniversary of a dark day in American history. I was still a soldier then, on active duty at Fort Lee, VA. I will never forget that day, because it changed […]
Wedded Bliss Selina’s wedding to her Marine, Brian, was Saturday and it was beautiful. The morning was a complete downpour, but it stopped long enough to allow them to say their vows and by the end of the reception, the sun was shining! There were a lot of old friends there so it was not […]
My kindergarten graduate! I am so glad there is waterproof mascara, because I SO needed it for graduation! It wasn’t just a kindergarten ceremony this year; they had a “moving on” ceremony for the 5th graders because they are all headed to the Middle School next year. So the littles were walked down the aisle […]
My little man is graduating! From kindergarten, granted, but still a big deal in my world! I figure all the lovely black eyeliner I am sporting right now will be transplated from the eye area to parallel tracks down my cheeks. But it will be worth it to look like an overemotional idiot, because he […]
It’s Monday and I have coffee. Thank the Goddess. It has been one of those weekends when sleep and I weren’t even in the same house, much less the same page or even the same book. Sleep stood outside my bedroom window for most of the weekend, laughing and pointing at me as I tossed and turned. […]
Happy Birthday, to the twins! Today is Corey’s 30th birthday and would have been my grandmother’s 96th birthday. It was always a family joke that Corey and Grandma were long lost twins separated by generations, but still twins at heart! I miss you, Grandma, and happy birthday! But, bittersweet memories aside, it is still a […]
Happy birthday, Corey,… PART I! Okay, his birthday is actually the 11th, but in his current part of the world, it will be the 11th in about 7 hours. So, happy 30th birthday, baby! We are actually in the same decade, for another year, 2 months and 1 day. Woot! Party on, Soldier Daddy! And […]
Congrats to Donovan! We got some fabulous news in the mail Friday night! Donovan got into The Clarkson School! Yipee! So we all immediately got in the car and headed to Potsdam for a celebration dinner at Cactus Grill with my dad, stepmom, and stepsister Kristin! Out of the number of people who apply, only a […]