September 15, 2011 Yesterday was progress report day for middle school. Rachel walked through the cross walk with a friend on each side and they were all three laughing and smiling. She smiled even bigger when she saw me waiting […]
September 13, 2011 Yesterday the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South posted a link to the National Catholic Registry and a story called “She Called Them Retards” by Pat Archbold. You can click on the link to read […]
September 9, 2011 In October 2000, we made our first trip to New York City. Rachel was 16 months old and I was almost 40. Didn’t take her as long to get to NYC as it did me! It was […]
September 7, 2011 Jawanda has let me guest post today because I am her personal technology assistant. I have had several people ask me about buying their child an iPad vs. a notebook or other device. After a great deal […]
September 5, 2011 Happy Labor Day! No fast pitch softball but a ton of college football this weekend and the arrival of some fall like weather in this part of Kansas. Makes you want to shout, “This is the day […]
September 3, 2011 When I was growing up college football didn’t usually start until after Labor Day weekend. Labor Day was truly the end of summer for us and the last fast pitch softball tournament of the summer. My […]
August 30, 2011 Fall is in the air and I love it! I love many things about fall. Some of my loves are lifelong – such as college football and others have been added along the way like the […]
August 26, 2011 That pretty much says it all! I did marry up. I support this claim with words for our premarital counselor who told Jonathan that he must have cheated on his personality profile because he was pretty […]
August 25, 2011 I get a ton of requests for recipes. Sometimes they are for something I’ve cooked that folks like, but often people are just looking for something different. I am always looking for something new and simple to […]
August 23, 2011 Twenty-two years ago this very day, I was defending my master’s thesis. And it wasn’t even the highlight of the week. It is sometimes hard to believe it now, but once upon a time I was a […]