We headed down to campus last weekend for the Georgia Tech v Ole Miss game. While I’m sure we didn’t fool anyone around us, Honey and I felt like we were students again. Bopping from tailgate to tailgate, hanging at a band party at the SAE house and day drinking like we didn’t have a… Read More
Earlier this year I found the Litany of Humility on Whit’s desk. It came at a perfect time for our family and has led to many important and provoking conversations since. Like the beatitude says, humility is “poverty of spirit.” It helps us acknowledge our own defects and have a “lowly” opinion of self, not… Read More
I’m back today with a delicious recipe that’s easy enough to throw together on a school night! We absolutely loved this meal and the recipe went straight in my “make again soon” pile. Whit beat me to the leftovers the next day, after I thought about having them again for my supper all.day.long! That’s the… Read More
I don’t even recall how The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs ended up in my stack, but I sure am glad it did. It was a warm and thoroughly charming tale where I truly felt transported to the little bookshop. The author perfectly intertwines past and present, love and loss, and delightful characters… Read More
Twenty-five years ago I was studying at University of Oxford in England. On weekends, along with my peers, we packed up and hit the road. Most of our time was spent in London, as a friend’s father had a flat there. However, we also ventured out all over England, and into France, Scotland and Ireland.… Read More
I picked Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown out of my Little Free Library last month and could hardly put it down from that moment on. The book was suspenseful, engaging and had a sweet little love story all rolled into one. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I realize she is a prolific author in the… Read More
I’ve been holding on to this picture since John’s sweet sixteen. I knew I’d eventually share it when the time was right. This is my counter full of cards from John’s teenage friends on his last birthday. And, 10 months later, it still nearly brings me to tears to look at it. You see, I… Read More