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Making Memories, Staycation-Style

by Kay | Mar 15, 2014 | ... on life, ...on family, Reflections

Today, or maybe yesterday, for sure tomorrow is the last day of our Spring Break. We don’t have a long trip home; because, as usual our destination location was our home. I might have had a bad attitude about it. (eek!) We don’t have pics from the...

So Life Will Go Well With You

by Kay | Mar 3, 2014 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

“Smell my hand…” Never a good idea when offered by a boy. But I did … hesitantly. “Oh my word!” I reeled back, wishing I could un-smell whatever I had just smelled. “Ohhhhhh… sick!… Ohhhhh-ewww!!!” Muffled laughter preceded an, “I know. It’s gross,...

In the Name of Love

by Kay | Feb 20, 2014 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting, Reflections, Uncategorized

I don’t know about you, but I never knew I could love anything like I love my kids. Each one. The other day Jack asked me if I loved Fury or him more. This was after he snuggled into me and whispered a hushed confession, “I love you more than Dad.”...

Heart-Shaped Intentions

by Kay | Feb 13, 2014 | ... on life, ...on family, Laughter

Still bumbling along my new road of follow-through rather good-intentions. It hasn’t been pretty, but I have taken steps. Teeny-tiny, sometimes microscopic, baby steps. But steps, nonetheless. This morning, getting past the many months of good intentions to go...

The Road Paved with Good Intentions

by Kay | Feb 10, 2014 | ... on life, ...on faith, ...on family, Reflections

I’ve been convicted of late. I feel stuck on a road paved with good intentions. Maybe its my procrastination tendencies … maybe its being a mother of five … maybe its motherhood induced ADD … I’m not sure. But at the end of the day, I...

Mom Resolutions

by Kay | Jan 10, 2014 | ... on life, ...on family

What a treat for us today. My sweet friend Susan Ligon posted a question on her Facebook page. It got me and many others thinking; so I asked if she would share her thoughts with us here. I hope we can all take a minute to stop long enough to consider what in our...