The 5 love language are: words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, quality time and physical touch. Love languages apply to all relationships not just romantic ones. At the end of the day, we show our love the same way and we want love shown to us the same way…

A shell that holds my soap in the shower

When I was growing up our family traveled a lot. Long before VRBO, we swapped homes with a family in Germany for a month two summers in a row. My Dad always said, “travel is part of your education” and we learned a lot over the years. We were always…

This is a photo of our daughter taken while she was out touring with a band last fall. She was a junior in college and took a semester off to work for a music management company and tour with two bands. Her nickname was “Tour Enhancer.” When she asked for…

If you know me well, the next sentence won’t surprise you. Today I was sitting in my car outside the yoga studio writing some cards… you know how I do whenever I’m early for something? A woman I see often at yoga came up to my open window and asked…

Last First Day of High School for This Mom (Title Admittedly Needs Work) Today was our youngest child’s first day of his senior year of high school. It is possible, but unlikely, that our youngest could decide to live with us while attending college. It is possible that one of…

I have a crappy plastic dashboard Jesus in my car. It was a Christmas gift from a nephew and it is my pride and joy. I love it so much that I bought another one for my other car. One car is an old beat up forest green Land Rover…

I recently visited The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with my husband and youngest child who is a junior in high school. Both my husband and I attended UNC from 1986–1990. Our youngest child has visited many times before but only as a tag along. He’s heard about…

I came upon this sign on a walk recently. Despite the fact that I have seen it many times before, it suddenly struck me completely differently. Traffic as calming? What if I thought about traffic as an opportunity to sit calmly? Huh.. This sign is meant to tell you that…