Christmas Trees and Traditions. I shared with you in this post that this was our first year traveling to a Christmas Tree Farm to choose our tree. Our family tradition has always been to pick out a tree together as a family. Big Mr. heads off to college next year and the other two teens [...]
Category: Musings From An Active Mind
Visiting A Christmas Tree Farm
Visiting A Christmas Tree Farm. (Or how to choose the perfect Christmas tree). Ok, that second part might be a little far-fetched. Is there such a thing as a "perfect" tree? And isn't beauty in the eye of the beholder? Florida Gal. I was born, raised, married, entered motherhood, and lived for 36 years [...]
Love And Death
Love Story. Everybody loves a good love story. Right?! Well, my parent's love story got its official start (according to the court) on this day 41 years ago. I always had my mom tell me their love story when I was younger. I thought it so romantic. I was the type of girl who [...]
Friday Faves – Edition 39
Friday! Edition 39. It's that day of the week where I share some of my favorite highlights from the week. It's also the time when I try to catch you up on what my week has been like. Sometimes it's one of those weeks where this time of reflecting on the good really helps shift the [...]
Love letter to my daughter
Today, Miss Sunshine turns 14. Instead of the fun day she had planned, she is home, sick. I am in full nurturing mode. That's what I do. Because I am her mother. I wrote this post on her birthday last year. Its truth remains. Let your light shine! Amy
Going Back to My Roots…Airdrie Scotland
Going Back To My Roots. An Ancestral Journey to Airdrie, Scotland. Today is my mama's birthday!! The one who nurtured me in her womb. And the one who labored to bring me into this world. The one who cradled me in her arms. She is the one who whispered words of strength into my [...]
Hurricane Irma Update
Hurricanes. Hurricane Irma is still on the march. But she has passed by Naples. And she has left her ugly mark. I know that some of you may stop by my blog today to see how my family fared. My heart has been moved by the words of concern I have received... here, on [...]
Back to School
Back to School. Today was back to school day for my teenagers. It's always such a bittersweet day for me. On one hand, I'm happy to get back into a routine...and have some silence. On the other, it marks a moment in time of being one step closer to having my little birds fly from [...]
Shine Bright
Hatred exists. Sometimes I still just have the hardest time wrapping my mind around this fact. And yet, it's there. You'd think that as a human species who claims to have evolved we'd have learned that hatred solves nothing. nothing. Charlottesville. Charlottesville is just a tiny fragment in the whole of this hateful divisiveness being [...]
Say What?!
Travel. Language Barriers. When you travel there is bound to be some type of hilarious encounter. Quite often due to a breakdown in communication between languages. But what if that breakdown is in your native language? Well, that can make it unexpected and garner even more giggles! It's Monday, so I thought that if [...]