Years ago I would take Speedy, our super smart beagle mix, on long walks through the neighborhoods near my sister’s house. I would often bump into a priest in the front yard of his church and we’d have delightful conversations. He said something to me that has stayed with me over the years. You don’t …
Gratitude Challenge – Sisters
“We are FAMILY! I got all my sisters and me!” Let’s be grateful for our sisters! Whether biological, adopted, through sorority, work colleagues or in-law, I’ve been blessed with some amazing sisters who help me to be a better person. I’m sure you can say the same! Today I’m grateful for my twin Sarah. In …
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Subtitle – too much time on my hands Every Christmas I receive a gift of a LARGE can of salted Virginia peanuts. They’re good, but there’s only one person in my household, so I struggle with eating them all. Yesterday I decided to try making homemade Peanut butter. After some googling (and texting to my …
The Perfect Date
April 25 is the perfect date – those of you will know this from Miss Congeniality and hopefully are laughing. Still it got me to thinking – what would you be your perfect date? I’ll provide two examples… When I was married, the perfect date would be any date that provided some level of forethought …