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I’m writing this here because well quite frankly if people really wanted to know what I am thinking and feeling about lately they would have to look for it a little bit. I really wish I could say that I not struggling since you and I said see you later 8 months ago. But franklyContinue reading “A letter to my Dad.”

There is a song by the Title of: 7 Minutes in Heaven, by Reba McIntyre. It is beautiful, it talks about if she had 7 minutes in heaven, that she would spend it with her mom. And that got me thinking, if you could have 7 more minutes with someone in your life, what wouldContinue reading “7 Minutes in Heaven”

I have been on a mission for the last few weeks… get my fence stained. In my head this was going to be a quicker project than it turned out to be. I knew in my head what color I wanted the stain to be. I walked into the paint store and showed them aContinue reading “The Things that I Learned Behind the Paintbrush”

I looked out the window and my thought was while that’s pretty but ew. It was snow falling and in Minnesota in November, snow falling is not unexpected, in fact it is expected. Snow is pretty, but like the song says “ if you no place to go, let it snow.” And again let’s beContinue reading “Ewwwww”

It has been another year, a year of living life, finding our way through this crazy thing called life. Tomorrow is national mental health day and it is a day that I have learned to embrace. This year, the struggle has been real. We have faced a lot of firsts this year, first birthday withoutContinue reading “Happy Blogaversary”

Some of the stats that were mentioned after Queen Elizabeth II died was that she was on the throne for 70 years, in that time, she saw 14 US presidents, meeting 13 of the 14. The only president she didn’t meet was Lynden B Johnson. 15 Prime ministers, the 15th appointed two days before herContinue reading “A Life Well Lived”

Earlier this past week, it was national toasted marshmallow day, yep there really is such a thing. We can celebrate anything if we choose to. But this one invoked discussion about do you like your marshmallow lightly browned, or brunt or somewhere in between? Really my response was I like them better with chocolate andContinue reading “S’mores anyone?”

Hi, my name is Max, and my mom said I could borrow her blog to tell you guys about myself. Here are some basics facts about me, I am from Kentucky, I am 9 months old, and I am super excited to have a family to call my own. Now you know the basics aboutContinue reading “Introducing Max”

The CDC this past week, revised their recommendations for how we handle/interact with each other regarding COVID-19. One of those recommendations was that social distancing is no longer needed. One of the things I wished they would have also said is you may also resume treating each other with care and compassion. Some of theContinue reading “Bullying, how do we stop it?”

When my mom passed away I received several diamond paintings in the mail, they came anonymously and I checked with my usual suspects of people and no one claimed sending them. The week of her birthday I received another diamond painting in the mail, and again the week of her celebration of life. No one,Continue reading “Staying in the Shadows”