My kids scored a Dracula Pez at the house on 19th Street this year. Yea! Dracula Pez Happy Halloween! I wanted to share some pictures with you of our wonderful night Trick-or-Treating in Heritage Hills, our Oklahoma City neighborhood. Sullivan was a skunk, although he kind of looked like a black and white chicken. It […]
Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party
Sixteen years ago today, I became a mother. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I am so grateful for my beautiful daughter, Juliette! I am glad she has been with me these last 16 years. I’m hoping for many, many more! We threw her a birthday party over the weekend with a […]
I hate you, Vera Bradley.
It’s after eleven and everyone’s asleep, so I decide to call it a night. But, not before I check on my kids one more time. I like to watch them sleep, give them each one last kiss on the cheek, and whisper something in their ears. I love you. Jesus loves you. Everything will be […]
Old Dogs, Children and Mud Pies
Today, the headline in the Sunday Oklahoman business section is State’s Reputation Not Blown Away. It’s about how efforts to recruit new businesses have not been hampered by the recent spate of deadly tornadoes and floods. Maybe that’s true, but the topic leaves me cold. Still, most of us have pulled out of the pall […]
Oklahoma Horse Camp
Way on passed the boulevards Out here, underneath the stars, I’ve been flying past the houses, farms and fields… –From Loveless and Nothin’ But The Wheel My oldest daughter, Juliette, attended horse camp south of Oklahoma City this week. This is her riding a horse named Knight. She was amazing! We passed lots of houses, […]
Kids of Divorce: Prayer for the Child of a Previous Marriage
The following is a poem I wrote for kids of divorce. Divorce Poem: Prayer for the Child of a Previous Marriage You are not the child of divorce or my previous marriage. You are the child of my here and now. You are not the child of a previous relationship. You are the child of […]
8th Grade Graduation
You are so beautiful to me Can’t you see You’re everything I hoped for You’re everything I need You are so beautiful To me… –From the song by Joe Cocker This is Juliette on the first day of Kindergarten at Villa Teresa Catholic School, 2003. Last night, we attended her 8th grade graduation from Rosary […]
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