My brother-in-law Clay is a man of many talents and much wisdom.
After all, he has managed to stay married to my sister April for a long, long, loooooooong time.
Speaking as a person who also lived with April for a long, long loooooong time, I can honestly tell you that this is no easy feat.
So [...]
My son Drew recently competed in the school spelling bee.
Thirty kids sat on the stage taking turns at spelling words like ‘bias’ and ‘illusion’ and ‘periscope’.
One little girl was asked to spell ‘gigantic’.
She spelled it very slowly… ‘G………. I……….. G…………
‘A…….. N………………………..
And then she got kind of lost… and seemed to forget what she was doing… [...]
Winter.
Winter!
WINTER!!!Nothing oppresses me more than Winter!
I was clearly not intended for coldness.
There has been some cosmic error.
I am supposed to be living in a beach hut… or a beach house… or a beach mansion.
Not a farmhouse in Kansas!
I mean look at this picture!
Does anything about the person in this picture say corn fed Kansas girl [...]
The pale greenish cabinet in this photo was our kitchen hutch.
I was dissatisfied with this hutch for many reasons. I didn’t like how it was jammed in the corner. I didn’t think the color worked in the room. I thought it looked like the top of the hutch was floating in a [...]
It’s not easy being the caregiver to one of the most beautiful creatures on God’s green earth.
People hate me because of it sometimes.
I hear them whispering. I know they can’t stand it.
But it’s NOT MY FAULT!
I didn’t ask God to give me a beautiful cat. I just asked for one that would suit me.
I [...]
