This was the first year in many years that I didn’t have a 35 mm digital camera on Halloween. Nikon Baby is still in the camera hospital in Los Angeles. Clearly, that fall I took at Bridgy’s spring baton twirling competition in Amarillo broke more than my pride. Anyway, here are the best pictures I […]
Generation Z and the Solar Eclipse
I celebrated the Solar Eclipse of 2017 with my children today. It was wonderful to witness their fascination with the sun and moon. Here is a prayer for all three of my children, Psalm 121. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, […]
Don’t Look or You’ll Go Blind: Solar Eclipse of 1979
After the show, we went in for soup and crackers. I was cold, but dad wasn’t. He never got cold. Not even during the eclipse. — Janet Bright on the Solar Eclipse of 1979. In 2015, Janet Bright, a Canadian artist, posted the following pictures on her artist’s blog. She created this YouTube video of […]
Look Who’s 10 | Trolls Birthday Party
“Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.” (Book of James) At 4:10 p.m., on July 2, 2007, I gave birth to a baby girl. We named her Bridgette Josephina, and […]
Mother on a 1960s Murray Bicycle with Jennifer and Amy
Ah, yes, Jennifer and Amy. Quintessential Gen X names. Here’s their mother decked out in sky blue on a 1960s Murray bicycle. Isn’t it awesome that she outfitted it with not just one, but two, child seats? Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 14. Do you have any special memories of riding bikes with your mom? […]
Bridgy’s Nadia Comaneci Medal {Daily Photo}
All you Gen-Xers out there who watched Nadia Comaneci score perfect 10s at the 1976 Olympics will appreciate the amusing irony of this picture. It’s my daughter Bridgy wearing the gymnastics medal she won yesterday at the Nadia Comaneci International Invitational. She wore it to bed last night along with her Minion pajamas. The meet was held […]
Eulogy For A Mother Who Believed Her Children Were Real (Daily Photo)
A family went out to a restaurant for dinner. When the waitress arrived, the parent gave their orders. Immediately, the five-year-old daughter piped up with her own: ‘I’ll have a hot dog, french fries, and a Coke.’ ‘Oh no you won’t, interjected the dad and turning to the waitress he said, ‘She’ll have meat loaf, […]
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