Author Archives: Not That Big a Deal
Facing the Challenges of Life…
Throughout the course of my life, I have been blessed with not having to face many challenges. At least none that I paid much attention to. I was born in 1959. My generation all played outside pretty much everyday. We … Continue reading
“Where is Heaven?”
People are different. We come in different shapes and sizes. We come in different colors. We come with different personalities, different likes and dislikes, different ways of doing things. We’re different and that’s what makes life interesting.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye?
When our kids were younger, we used to watch nighttime TV all huddled together in our bed. We did this because my sister-in-law, her husband and their 6 children, lived upstairs and our living room was below the kid’s bedroom. … Continue reading
A Little Bit of History…
Hello Everyone, First, I’d like to apologize for last week’s post. Though I posted it in full on my blog, it ended abruptly when posted and, as my Fairy Blog Mother said, “so did 2020.” This week I am copying … Continue reading
Hair Today…Gone Tomorrow
I have hair. A LOT of hair.It has been decided, by my mother years ago, and more recently by my husband and I, that I have too much hair for my face. It was, kind of, always this way. When … Continue reading
It’s the Week Before Christmas…
And all through our home…the boys, oh, the boys…how they run, how they roam! Our family is unique in many ways. One of those ways is that both my husband and our son own UPS Stores. My husband’s is in … Continue reading
A 2020 Thanksgiving
I’m not gonna lie, there have been times throughout this year when, in my head, I can hear Barbara Walters saying, “This is 2020”. I can’t help but think that she was somehow warning us all those years ago. Every … Continue reading
Days of Parents and Refrigerators
As a rule, I really enjoy Thursdays. Though our weeks tend to get busy with life, Thursdays are usually our day with my parents. A day when we get them out of the house for a little bit. It is … Continue reading
Kindness…
Our family loves Yellowstone National Park and we have visited there more than once. It is breathtaking. All of it. Amidst the angst currently visiting our world, I came upon this story. It made me cry happy tears. It is … Continue reading
“Kids Say the Darndest Things”
Erma Bombeck once said, “When humor goes, there goes civilization.” In the early 1950s, America was still reeling from the effects of World War II and dealing with the current threat of the Cold War, while sending our men to … Continue reading
