We all know what they say about the best-laid plans. Like last year, I had planned and shopped for all of John’s favorite meals to enjoy in the week before his launch. Over the weekend, we organized all of his things in the garage and borrowed Sister’s behemoth car to start loading. This year was… Read More
It’s been a sloooow start back this January and I don’t mind at all. We had our big snow event last week and then enjoyed another free 1.5 days off school this week! That said, we haven’t seen even a smidge of snow here – just BITTER COLD! We spent our s{NO)w day snuggled up… Read More
Much like every Christmas, we kicked ours off with a pinhole leak right before Thanksgiving. It was in the basement so nothing was damaged, but the pipe was heading into the – ahem – twenty-two year old hot water heater so Honey called a plumber in to assess the whole scutation after fixing it. The… Read More
Waking up today the world felt a little dimmer without our remarkable friend John. Honey and John became best friends in middle school, a camaraderie that spanned nearly four decades. They graduated as class of 1993 Raiders, and attended Georgia Tech together where they were pledge brothers and roomies a few times both at school… Read More
I am writing to you this morning with such a joyful heart – after 19 long days, I heard from my surgeon… I apologize for the delay, I was out of the country. The results from pathology show that the polyp was pre-cancerous and about to turn to cancer but it had not. It also… Read More
I feel like I’ve been living a double life – smiling, celebrating, traveling, cooking and appearing to live the dream. After a really hard eight weeks, it is time to rally the prayer warriors and share what has been going on. I wrote this post on August 9 but didn’t have the courage to publish… 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