Juggling work, family & faith in the Hospitality State
Valentine’s Day. A day for love and lovers! So the phrase goes. Smile. So DO show your love to your sweetheart and your children! How? Paul gives us wonderful challenging words on the topic! LOVE IS: “Love is patient…love is kind…” and all the long list of seemingly impossible attributes from his letter to [...]
So, on Fridays, I generally lurk around TheGypsyMama.com, reading what others say in five minutes flat, thinking if the week’s topic says something to me, I MIGHT participate. Most times I don’t. You see, the perfectionist in me REALLY likes my backspace button. I mean, REALLY. Without that button, there’d probably be no blog. But [...]
I love flowers and music and God’s Word and… What do you LOVE? Years ago, with our young children, Bill and I took my parents to New Orleans to board the “Sunset Limited” in New Orleans. They rode the train to Los Angeles for a visit with my Mother’s sister in LaJolla and to [...]
In my previous post, I promised to explain a bit about why I’ve been so bad at blogging (and cooking) lately…so here goes. I’m pregnant, and that means: I’ve been doubly tired. I’ve been doubly nauseated. I’ve been doubly preoccupied with all things pregnancy. and if you haven’t guessed yet…. I’ve been doubly blessed. We’re [...]
Ordinary events can become extraordinary. I went with my friend Jackie Keyes to leave her car for an oil change! Herein is the unusual Christmas story. When we returned to retrieve Jackie’s car, a pretty little blonde girl was sitting on the counter at “Keith Tire and Auto Service” in Magee. Obviously she [...]
So, the blog’s been pretty slow here lately because life has not been. You know. You’ve been there. Maybe your Thanksgiving plans weren’t thrown completely off course by a stomach virus and the mounds of laundry it created, but still, you understand. Sometimes, just getting through the day and not forgetting to fix dinner is [...]
So, unlike everyone on Facebook and practically half the bloggers I follow, I haven’t been making a thankful list all month. I’m always a bit behind. I did think I would share some things I’m thankful for this week though. (Or at least today anyway…) I’m thankful for my mother-in-law, who cracked and shelled all [...]
