Category: Family Stuff



It’s been a year…

It’s been a year…

It has been almost a year since I last blogged and so much has changed since then.  I haven’t posted about this since last October in this post, but that was really the beginning of it all.  My heart can’t take going through all of it right now, but read that post and you will […]

Posted 12.2.2015/0730 | Wednesday in Family Stuff | / 0 Comments

What’s really been going on with me…

What’s really been going on with me…

So, it has been pretty obvious that there has been some stuff going on with me for the last several months, especially if you follow me on Facebook.  It hasn’t been my story to tell so I had to deal on the down low, which hasn’t been easy.  It has also probably overburdened those I could tell. […]

Posted 10.2.2014/1014 | Thursday in Family Stuff | / 3 Comments

Living, Learning, and Feeding the Soul

Living, Learning, and Feeding the Soul

Living and Learning I am a big believer in trying to find a silver lining or lesson in everything that happens in life.  That’s my way of trying to make something good of situations and experiences that are often anything but good.  Sometimes those lessons are positive; sometimes they aren’t.  But there is always something to […]



Saying goodbye…

Saying goodbye…

This weekend was pretty awful.  We had to say goodbye to our beloved Steer this weekend.  In January, he came down with something that no one could diagnose.  Extreme weight loss and what seemed to be rather extreme dementia and personality change.  In the last several days, it seemed as if his lungs had begun […]

Posted 3.10.2014/0923 | Monday in Family Stuff | , / 0 Comments


The good and the bad…

The good and the bad…

The good… Well, the telling of the children went well!  I told Donovan who responded with a series of “OMG, OMG, OMG” before calming down.  For the younger three, Corey set the stick down on the table and acted like he found it in the trash and somebody was in trouble!  They sat in stunned silence […]

Posted 3.8.2013/0826 | Friday in Family Stuff | , / 0 Comments

What a week,… and it is only Thursday!

What a week,… and it is only Thursday!

I don’t even know where to start!  So much in just a short amount of time.  Maybe chronologically…! Prof Love Goodness Kim, this is close to a masterpiece and completely publishable in a military oriented magazine or website. -Professor Jeff Cahan This is really the least of it all, but a moment that really made […]