You have to understand.  Old Navy came into existence right about the same time we had our youngest child.  We were pretty financially challenged, WIC and reduced lunches were our friend, and hand me downs were beyond appreciated (read that…

Tuesday, my daughter dropped me off at the airport in Raleigh,NC.  I was pre-checked into Southwest with “service to Chicago Midway and connecting to Wichita,KS”.  All went according to plan in NC.  Thirty minutes prior to departure, we began boarding…

So here is the truth… I haven’t always been this way.  Yup -I haven’t always seen the glass from the full side, or even been grateful to have a glass.  Or as we used to say “glad to have a…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to have tea and gluten free cookies with my kids’  70+ year old neighbor.  Her name is Bernadette, but she goes by “B”.  She is the child of Italian immigrants and has made her life…

There are diapers to change, binki’s or bo bo’s to be found, burps to be wiped up and musical toys to be wound up.  Which btw… why are baby toys not on wifi? So I can run them from my…

Driving Daisy (my daughter’s yellow Ford) with one exhausted 3rd grade teacher, one grandma who is not used to no cruise control, and one 12 week old puppy who is trying to figure out where the heck he lives now…

I had the chance to see my life through the rear view mirror the other day.  We don’t often have this chance, but when we do it is often somewhat surreal.  We are tempted to immediately jump to could have,…

Let me introduce you to Dexter.  Dexter is my DD new puppy.  Dexter is 12 weeks old. Dexter is not completely potty trained. Dexter is not completely people trained.  Dexter will sometimes walk with his leash and sometimes sit down…

In August of 2014, my youngest daughter began her first year of teaching in a Title 1 school in North Carolina. This week, she completed this task and will never have a first quite like this again in her life….