For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your...
Kenickie
Sullivan in the Role of Kenickie Murdoch We are so proud of our son Sullivan. Earlier this fall, he decided to tryout for Grease, this year's school musical selection. He's never been in a production before so it was really exciting when he landed a major supporting...
Bridgy and Her Hoop Baton
How To Trim A Hoop Baton, etc. Check out these beautiful pictures of Bridgy twirling her hoop baton on the sideline at the McGuinness Homecoming game on September 21, 2023. The theme of the game was "gold out" so we trimmed her hoop baton with this amazing gold...
Bridgy Twirls | McGuinness vs. Putnam City, August 26
The Super Bridgy is growing up, y'all. Check out these amazing photos of her taken by the talented Oklahoma City photographer, Ms. Diana Bittle. Wow! We are so blessed and very grateful. These pictures were taken at the tailgating party at St. Charles Borromeo...
Bridgy Twirls in the Stockyards City Christmas Parade
It was a joy-filled morning as my daughter Bridgette marched in the Stockyards City Cowboy Christmas Parade in Oklahoma City. It was her first parade. Since she is so young, we all escorted her including her super awesome brother Sullivan who rode his hover-board and...
Online Advent Retreat + A Miracle!
Dear Friends, The most amazing thing happened to me on November 28. At the ripe old age of 51, I became a grandmother. My firstborn daughter Juliette gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Willow Martin Wareham was named for my late mother, Barbara Martin Elliott....
This is the Homeland Generation on Halloween
How awesome is it that my son wanted to be Uncle Sam for Halloween? His choice surprised me and made me proud, even if he looks more like his nephew, Yankee Doodle Dandy. 😂 At 13, he was welcomed by all the houses in our neighborhood as he trick-or-treated with his...
A Time To Be Born
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die... --Ecclesiastes, 3:1 Yesterday, my sister drove to the small retirement village where my mother lived, and parked outside her apartment. The person...
Dear Sully,
Dear Sully, Once upon a time, there was a famous blogger named Dooce who wrote a letter to her daughter every month for the first five years of her life. Eventually, the letters were turned into a book, which made the already rich and famous blogger even more rich and...
Twirling at Dusk
It's getting darker later and the kids are able to play outside in the front yard longer. I remember when we moved to this neighborhood back in 2001, there were hardly any kids around. Now, the neighborhood is full of kids with so many young families returning to the...
Old Shoes
Nike Ocenia and 1981 The year I turned 13, I spent all my birthday money on a pair of Nike Oceania tennis shoes. They were white canvas with an aqua blue swoosh. All the rage. Sadly, I outgrew them about six months later, and did not get another pair of tennis shoes...
Dear Son, Thirty Years From Now
Dear Son, Thirty years from now, there's something I want you to remember. In your last game of the season, when your team was down 20 points in the 4th quarter, with less than two minutes on the board, all I could think of was how much I've loved to watch you play....