I’ll admit it, I LOVE a paintbrush….as long as it’s painting a wall or furniture! I break out in a cold sweat when it comes to holding a paintbrush next to a canvas! So when I saw the paint studio “Fear No Easel” in Mt. Pleasant, SC, I knew it would be a perfect “Date…
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“Date with Daughter” RoadTrip to Asheville, NC
I’ve always enjoyed a road trip with the family, and Mr. D and I traveled frequently with the kiddos through the years. In the Dodge Grand Caravan, aptly named if you’re hauling 5 or more anywhere. Miles and miles. Across the USA. Kids in diapers…kids potty-training…kids with questions…and questions…hungry kids, and then kids that turned…
“Date with Daughter” Napa Valley Wine Country-California
Sometimes when an opportunity to travel and make a “date” with your daughter presents itself, you just have to take it. So it was with our eldest daughter, Alaina and the chance to spend “Momma/Daughter Date” time together in California, exploring wineries and food in Napa Valley. I flew to San Francisco for a ten-day…
There’s More than “ONE” Way to Become a Family…
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…
“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…
How to Turn a Ten Minute Wedding Into a Marriage That Lasts Decades…
Okay, I know what you’re thinking, a ten minute wedding?!?!? Seriously???? But when it comes right down to it, that’s really all it takes…the words “I DO” affirm that you “WILL” take the necessary time to remember all the time that leads up to those words. You know what I mean… the lovey dovey…
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…