Nine years ago today was Thanksgiving Day in 2007. I delivered my second son, Matthew, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He was so tiny and so incredibly perfect and so wholly loved. I held him for hours after he was born, trying to ingrain every single feature of his little face, his perfect hands, his… Read More
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!!!!!!!!! And the Dixie Delights Shop is stocked will all sorts of Christmas goodies!!! Christmas plaids definitely make for a merrier holiday! I have notepads, notebooks, pens and mugs in this pattern. My Halloween mugs were so popular that I’ve got a Christmas offering this year. I designed… Read More
After over a year’s worth of preparation and anticipation, Whit completed the sacrament of First Reconciliation earlier this week. Seeing him outside of the church doors was bittersweet. On one hand, I was so proud of him but on the other…. he’s just so BIG and mature. What happened to my baby? We started with… Read More
It’s been waaaaay too long since I did a musings post! A few weeks back I met two friends to celebrate a birthday at the neatest little coffee shop. It’s called Chattahoochee Coffee Company and it is located in a Riverside apartment (condo?) complex near 285 and I75. The coffee was good, the scenery was… Read More
I first read Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell when I was sixteen and watched the movie shortly thereafter. I dressed as Scarlett for a school costume dance one time, I toured the Margaret Mitchell house, I read Scarlett and Rhett Butler’s People. When I sat down to write my 40×41 bucket list, it… Read More
A little while back I volunteered to send in a snack for a celebration in John’s class. We went to the store together and settled on this. It was easy, adorable AND well loved by the kids! I bought the store brand animal cookies and a couple of tubs of funfetti icing with sprinkles. I… Read More
Back in September, John expressed interest in attending the training for altar servers at church. And, just a few weeks later, he had the honor of serving at his very first mass. He was SO nervous, which is to be expected. We arrived early enough to do a talk-through of his responsibilities, but it was… Read More