Abigail & I are facing the sink mirror in the Grape Bubble Yum colored bathroom at San Roc Cay, taking a break from our gumbo and shrimp dinner at Fiddlefish. Her blond pageboy is in disarray from hours in the pool with her daddy and probably too much sand and not enough shampoo. Her freckles, […]
I remember driving through parts of Tennessee and Georgia and maybe West Virginia when I was a girl and seeing signs on barns that said “See Rock City”. I don’t remember ever seeing Rock City, though! On Tuesday afternoon, Steve & I took the girls to see “a true marvel of nature featuring massive ancient […]
I kept thinking all through last week’s heartbreak and struggles (mom in hospital, Ben taken off lie support, Ben dying, the flood) that maybe we were due for a little bit of break. That just wasn’t meant to be. Our sheltie, Ella Bella, had an on-again, off-again appetite for a couple of weeks. I put […]
We walk, hand in hand, along the beach. She tells me funny stories of her friends’ antics, her worries about the upcoming FCAT, her concerns about fifth grade and middle school. Suddenly, she seems every day of her ten years and three months on this planet. My conversation with her seems more similar to one […]
I am not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. I was never the girl who got flowers or balloons or candy in high school. Generally this didn’t bother me. I’ve never been an overly romantic type of person and I’m attracted to people who aren’t overly romantic. Steve laughs because he knows I’d rather have […]
