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...
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...
1970s School Halloween Party with Pumpkin-Face Gen-Xers
I don't remember people loving fall so much when I was a kid. Certainly, there were no pumpkin-spice lattes or other fanciful autumn drinks readily available in the 60s, 70s, 80s, or even 90s. I get a little queasy if I think about the mass manufacturing of the fall...
Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley Helps GenZ Girls’ Struggle with Perfectionism
Emily Ley, author, blogger, and founder of The Simplified Planner®, has written a breathtaking book for tweens called Grace Not Perfection: Believing You're Enough In A World of Impossible Expectations. It's the young-reader version of her original book, Grace Not...
Saint Bridget and Humble Flight From the World
St. Bridget of Sweden wrote five inward and five outward things we must have. This wise instruction was given to her by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Until today, I had never read these words. They are so beautiful, I wanted to pass them along to you. My Bridgy at her...
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...
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...
My Little Girl: A Song For Daughters (Jessica Allossery)
I believe in Divine appointments, and that's exactly what Jessica Allossery's My Little Girl felt like tonight when I heard the song for the first time. I had just picked Bridgy up from gymnastics, and she was so tired from a hard workout. I turned the radio to...
See Bridgy in my sister’s 1960s Vintage Girl Scout Uniform
This is Bridgy in my sister 1960s vintage Girl Scout uniform. Faith and Rebecca were members of the Spanish Trails Council, Troop 785, Hacienda Heights, California. My mom was their troop leader. She was amazing!!!!! We found their uniforms along with my brother's Boy...
The Astronaut and Piñata (Halloween 2017)
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....
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...
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...