Life

This image was created by the most unusual circumstances. I had scheduled a sleepover with my grandson, Hudson and he was in need of a unique experience to have at his Grammy’s house. I know he loves the Mardis Gras beads and remembered that we had a whole bag of them in the basement from a

Thankful

Today’s Thanksgiving. There are a lot of things that I am thankful for. And honestly, I really do live a blessed life. I have a pretty great husband. I have amazing children. And my grandkids, I don’t even have the words to describe awesome they are. one lives incredibly close to me and the other

The Storyteller

**I have not written in a bit so we are going to just practice.  I am going to tell you a story, not about anyone real, just a story.  I hope you enjoy it, but if you don’t…well, it really was only for practicing purposes anyway.** Once, a long time ago, there lived a young

A Few Words

I was looking for a quote to help me write this post, but I am guessing that I was just meant to write what was in my heart, so here we go. I had a conversation with my acupuncturist, (long story) today about how this is my 21st wedding anniversary.  She was astounded to hear

Oscar and the Squirrel

August has been quite the month so far.  Oscar and I have had our ups and downs and mostly we are finding a new rhythm by ourselves.  And so far we are doing pretty well.  I do have to say that Oscar keeps me on my toes.  He wants to dive into things head first

Adventures with Oscar

Well, Oscar completed his first hike.  I know, a Yorkie doesn’t usually hike, but Oscar thinks he is a much bigger dog.  Shhhh…I know he is small, but he has a big heart for sure.  So back to hiking.  Since he had never gone on a hike, and not that many long walks, Atlas never

Tenacity

I had made a chiropractic appointment for today before the events of yesterday and I had forgotten to call.  It was a new chiropractor and this was the last one that I was trying.  I seem to have bad luck with chiropractors.  If you ask Rod, he will tell you that whatever is wrong with

Atlas

I always knew that this day would come. Just like I knew that I would write this post.  Writing always seems to help, for me.   I had just hoped that it would come later.  But, that was not meant to be.  I guess the beginning would be a good place to start so that you

Risking It All

Lately I have had time on my hands to think.  There is a lot of thinking time on the shores of Lake Superior.  One of my more recent thoughts was that I have been seriously neglecting this blog and on the heels of that I started thinking about love.  I have had a lot going

The Hardest Things

Sometimes in life, I have found that people make things too difficult.  Sometimes they read too much into things and sometimes they react in ways that are overly dramatic.  Sometimes they lose their heads and all traces of common sense.  Life is actually pretty good if you let it be.  However, I have found the