As I sit on the beach and watch the families play in the surf, I can’t help but notice how carefree they look, how much they enjoy their day just being together. Of course, I don’t know any of their stories…but they each have one…and I want to share our’s with you…I want to give you…
Category: Bringing Up Baby!
Baby & children interests
“Date Days” with Our Kids…
I’ve enjoyed MOST every stage of watching our children grow up, but I think, the one I look forward to the most now, is the time I get to spend with each of my GROWN-UP children, just one-on-one. Maybe it’s because our roles have shifted over the years, and time spent together seems…
“When It Is Dark Enough You Can See the Stars….”
I’ve always been a star-gazer…not the Hollywood star-gazer type, but the “stars of the heavens” star-gazer… Many times while in the Army, up and at work long before sunrise and long after sunset, I would gaze at those same stars, feeling comforted by their beauty and constancy in the sky. I could always find Big…
When Pregnancy Doesn’t Give You a Baby…
When I was young and in love, I didn’t give much thought to having a baby, I just knew it would be “the next step” when Mr. D and I were ready. Finding out we were going to have a baby was an exciting time! Pregnancy came easy to me, I was in the…
We’re having a BABY!!
Few phrases in the human languages can bring so many emotions to the surface so quickly…amazement, wonder, joy, fear. So it was, with Mr. D & me, after 3 years of marriage we felt “ready” for the parenting roller coaster. Did I mention that I still was in the Army? My monthly paycheck was a…