• 5 Minute Friday Laugh

    5 Minute Friday – Laugh

    Whenever I am asked what my favorite things are or for what I am grateful, one thing has remained consistent: my children’s laughter. There I go again talking about my kids. LOL But…

  • Five Minute Friday Extreme

    5 Minute Friday – Extreme

    When I first saw the word extreme, several extreme things came to mind – politics (it’s right after midterms), temperatures, tempers. None of those were things about which I wanted to write. I…

  • 50 Weeks til 50

    I turned 49 about two weeks ago. And it dawned on me that shortly, I’d have fifty weeks left until I turned fifty… It took a while for that to sink in. Honestly,…

  • I Am A Rebel

    I am divorced. And although I am the one who filed the paperwork, it wasn’t my choice. And, I know this goes against popular thinking, but I was an abused wife who didn’t…

  • Blessed

    For a few years now, I’ve been reading people’s “One Word” posts. I even wanted to select a word for myself. But last year, I had three words I liked and I couldn’t…

  • This Is Autism

    I first read about Suzanne Wright’s op-ed when I read John Elder Robison’s resignation from Autism Speaks. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, and I applaud Mr. Robison’s strength of character. Her…

  • 100th Post – Thanksgiving

    I find it very appropriate that my 100th post will be one of gratitude. I’ve seen a few people posting alphabetic gratitude lists on FB each day, so I would like to do…

  • Desire of My Heart

    Something happened to me at Mass today… …but it started last night. I was talking with a friend who was describing a difficult situation. My heart cried a bit for this friend and…

  • New Audio Series {Review}

    For this month’s Gabby Moms post, we were blessed with the opportunity to review a brand new audio series that Mrs. Lorrie Flem is producing through her Eternal Encouragement site. I received a…

  • Theme Songs

    When I was pregnant with each of the children, I selected a song for each of them. I’m not sure what drove my decision to do this, but each song was personal to…