I received this book just before Christmas and had hoped to have a review for you long before now. Better late than never, I hope. When the book arrived, it disappeared…which is a good sign because I found my daughter reading it nonstop over the next few days. She loved it from the first page. Mom Made Us Write This in the Summer is the summer journal of twins Maggie and Max ...
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Make-It-Yourself Monday: Chicken Enchilada Suizas (Cookbook Review)
I am all about easy dinner because, let's face it, the hours of 4 to 6 p.m. are usually the hardest of the day. Truly, if I haven't planned ahead, my husband usually comes in to find me with a blank face, frozen as solid by panic as the meat I just pulled out of the deep freeze. Meanwhile, my children run around howling very much like the Lost Boys prancing around the fire in Peter Pan. It's ...
Notes from Nana: What is your legacy?
Have you ever had deep thoughts…and then what actually comes out your mouth is so simple. I was thinking about the word legacy and the concept and how it applied to my life as my husband drove us over the Strong River and through the Mississippi woods to read at a school at the edge of our county. Out loud I only said: “What a legacy. All across America, everyone is reading!” Bill said, ...
Notes from Nana & HOORAY for Books: Sons
Mississippi Mom’s poignant post “BRAVE” was sheer poetry as she wrote about her young energetic son’s fearless actions and how courageous she must be raising him. Please DO take time to read "Five Minute Friday.” Nana was reminded of that time in our young son’s life that I called the “more courage than sense stage!” He tried to jump into the deep end of the Sun Villa swimming pool ...