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Giving Thanks
I have two banners hanging in my dining room and they spell Thanks Giving. Except they’re not in that order. I deliberately hang them as...
Tricycle Mike
After months of volunteering at the local Animal Shelter, we finally allowed Julia to choose a kitten of her own. Julia took home a...
It's Not Easy Being Green
“It’s not Easy Bein’ Green.” Kermit the Frog, I can relate to your famous song. Scrubbing off Wolfe Pancake Makeup #57 Green has been a...
Presents and Presence - A Christmas Story
As a kid, I couldn’t fathom why grownups said, “No presents.” What? That was a part of what made Christmas so fun! The anticipation, the...
A Lesson from a Little Cowboy
While watching the cast of Oklahoma! dance “The Farmer and the Cowman,” blonde-haired Henry strutted his toddler self around in boots...
From ER to Star to Police Car
ON THE MORNING I was supposed to fly to Nashville, I awakened at 2:40 am with a piercing double ear infection. Stars in the Grass was a...
Outside the Arena
Six-year-old Paul Brown sat atop his sorrel horse “Grumpy” awaiting his turn in the ring at the Virginia State Fair with his rodeo...
Famous Last Words...
The counselor loaded the first and second grade campers on the hay truck. They were done with the games near the lake and were headed to...
Empty Nest? Nothing Empty Next!
Mothers-to-be describe an urge to “feather the nest” in preparation for their new arrival. But what about when grown birds fly from the...
Tub Twins & Texts
On this cold, rainy, muddy day, we're foster parents to two knobby-kneed little lambs running about our empty bathtub, their cries heard...