September 23, 2019 Questions I love how children ask questions. Sometimes their questions make you go search something. Like “what is a rainbow?” or “why are leaves green?” Sometimes their questions mirror your own; but those you won’t speak. You know, questions that your doubting mind asks but your thinking [...]
September 21, 2019 Thea’s First Roller Coaster There’s this wonderful place a few dozen miles over the Georgia line that pops up out of the long fields of cotton and orchards of pecan trees with vibrant colors, exotic animals, and fun! Wild Adventures. This place has a great history for [...]
September 16, 2019 Beach Time I love the reset my body gets from the beach! The salty air does wonders for my sinuses and makes me feel clean again. On the first of September, a beautiful Sunday afternoon, we took the whole family to the beach. The clouds were amazing, [...]
September 8, 2019 Leaving My Little Love I’m looking at the man cross the coffee table as I talk. I knew even though he said it was okay to bring my baby (at this point, I’m 8 months pregnant) to work with me, there would come a time when my [...]
August 15, 2019 Thea is Mobile! Yesterday was a day of firsts for me to watch. Theadora is just beginning to want to explore. She has this cute portable baby holder (looks like a walker, but baby just stays put in it and plays with some toys you choose to [...]
August 8, 2019 Study and Playtime Your bed. A place of rest. Calm. Peace. Unless you are a mom! I got the baby all ready, got myself all ready, even get Lucas ready for his bed! Lay down and *boom* here come the troops! Lucas does an aerial front flip [...]
July 8, 2019 Targets We have enough of a spot to set up our archery target (big fat canvas block thing) and our bb gun target (the windfresh bucket with three aluminum cans) and safely target shoot at those. On perfect days when Mom and Dad are out, the question [...]
July 6, 2019 Fireworks and Family We have only missed one “Fireworks Over the Matanzas” in all of Christina’s 15 years. We were at Wild Adventures park in Valdosta and Christina wasn’t even one year old. Every year we go downtown. Louis monitors the weather so we’ve avoided being soaked [...]
June 23, 2019 Loss and Love Standing excitedly on the screened porch steps, 6 children stand about squirming, giggling, jumping, and otherwise trying to pitifully contain their excitement. “What is it, Daddy!” chorus a half-dozen voices. Daddy pulls out a stork – plain, white, six-foot-tall wooden stork. “No, Daddy! It [...]
June 17, 2019 Fatherhood So, you know this huge thing called “Fatherhood?” What comes to mind? A parenting book I read when I was twelve (yes, oldest sibling perks!) said something like “the child’s view of God as a Father is directly impacted by their experience with their Earthly Father.” [...]