This Saturday I will turn fifty-two. It seems a bit strange to think of turning fifty-two when yesterday I was just thirty. I know it is extra, ultra, uber cliché to ask this but I’ll ask it anyway,“Where in the world did my life go?”  It’s truly sobering to think that if I am blessed enough to live till I’m eighty, I’ve over two-thirds of…

The night before our family left to drive Nathan to Florida for his first year of college, he and I went out to run a few last-minute errands. Although I tried to act like it was just a regular night, I know that Nathan was aware of the swirl of my emotions–the sadness,  the joy, the pride, the tears teetering behind certain sentences as the…

Tuesday, Sarah and I both wrote posts about her college choice. (If you didn’t read the post, she is going to a Community College for the first two years and then will transfer to Campbell University.) Since I am such on an organized, on-the-ball kind of blogger, I am just now remembering to post the pictures that I took when Sarah first got her acceptance…

Um . . . Actually, there’s no reason to read Sarah’s blog post in such a hurry but I just thought that your Tuesday morning routine might need a bit of excitement inserted into it. You’re welcome. (The post I’m referring to is the one I wrote about yesterday concerning her decision about college.)…