Tag: contentment
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Happy Wheezer
The little guy had no clue what was going on. It was simply a lot harder for him to breathe. John and I had debated whether Ryken was teething or experiencing the onset a cold. He was rosy-cheeked, snot-saturated, (making him look like a glazed donut), and he chewed on everything in sight. Turns out it was…
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I’ll Have My Whine Over Ice
How many ways can someone whine about something over which they have no control? I haven’t hit it yet. The number of ways must be astronomical. I have whiney on the brain. So when I recently passed a store with a sign that spoke to my crabby heart, I had to laugh. It was me.…
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You’ll Have To Pry My Cold, Dead Fingers Off Those Plans
I’m a closet passive/aggressive control freak. That was so much harder to admit than I thought. I’m the adaptable one. The easy-going, go-with-the-flow kind of a gal who doesn’t stress over curve balls or wrenches thrown into the works. The one others rely on to be steady when the brown stuff hits the fan. As…
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Let It Snow, Let It Snow–Enough Already!
I had the chance to go to Boston for a work project with the added benefit of visiting my daughter and son-in-law. During a blizzard. I’ve not spent much time in Boston. Only one other time, really. And it was warm. Got to see a few of the historic sites. Not now. This Florida gal…
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A Glimpse of Light–With Smiles
I’ve thought I knew a lot about Africa. Studied it in geography. Read about it in the papers. Heard stories from people who had been there. I could find it on a map. Nothing could prepare me for what I saw when I deplaned in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. (It took me a…
Tip of My Iceberg 