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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN LEE, 2015!!
Today we celebrate Erin Lee, my elder daughter born 31 years ago tonight, just shy of midnight, changing my world forever. I knew she was going to be Erin Lee, no ultrasound needed. When I told my obstetrician that I was embroidering her Christmas stocking and already had her name across the top, he…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!! 2015 EDITION
Regular readers know I favor Special Days. Often they are birthdays of people important to me. And that is the subject of this day – the fourth edition of a birthday blog about my mom, a woman about whom I have rarely posted, other than teasing about the habits I believe I inherited from her. Today, my mom, Carola…
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!! 2015 UPDATE
Yes, indeed, I am one fortunate woman, sharing my story and my joy with y’all. Nine years ago today was Easter Sunday 2006; my visiting daughters stuffed me into my truck and headed to the small, local hospital, where doctors were stunned by what they found. A fairly large mass in my head, so big that the…
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Christmas Countdown 2014 – Seven Days
I began countdowns back in 2008, with the launching of this site; I kept them up for a couple years, mostly counting down to upcoming trips, holidays spent with daughters in fun places, things like that. Then came college completion – two undergrad degrees and now grad school, one semester shy of an MA. I…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN LEE, 2014!!
Today we celebrate Erin Lee, my elder daughter born 30 years ago tonight, just shy of midnight, changing my world forever. I knew she was going to be Erin Lee, no ultrasound needed. When I told my obstetrician that I was embroidering her Christmas stocking and already had her name across the top, he reminded me…
