December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Winter, who has barbed the South Plains a couple of times this fall, came in with a vengeance Wednesday night. The result Thursday morning was a beautiful blanket of snow over everything. Except for the occasionally howling wind, it was peaceful, quiet, and glorious. Lights from the city bounced off the low clouds and then were reflected off the snow-carpeted streets and yards so that there was luminescence all around even in the dark hours of the morning. Our front yard and driveway are covered with snowAs advertised, the... [Read the full story]
July 9, 2008 · 3 Comments
Zombie Love found in Grapevine It took me nearly 15 years to come full circle and truly define what joy and contentment are for me in a relationship. As I have blogged before, I spent many years denying who I was in order to fit into a society that I did not really believe in. I feel my biggest downfall was to look for love in people who subscribe to this plastic reality that surrounds me. Every time I fell for someone I kept getting that sinking pit in my stomach that I was settling for less than what I wanted... [Read the full story]
December 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
His hair fell out in clumps today. I teared up and he said, “Time to get a haircut.” He seems fine with it all. It’s me that falls apart every time something new happens. Do you ever just feel like nothing is going your way? I decided that it wasn’t cancer when I sat in the hospital room, but the doctors said otherwise. I decided that they would get it all with the surgery, but the radiologist disagreed. So I decided that his blood work would be fine and markers would go back to normal after the tumor... [Read the full story]
July 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Hey everyone. Everything is fine here in South Carolina. It is hot, but these last few days have been California hot. Not too bad and not very humid. My girls are happy. Jenna loves spiders and bugs, Riley loves to read. She will be able to read on her own soon. We have a pet Black Widow (typical David) that we found in our sandbox. I just couldn’t kill it. I have always had a strange thing for dangerous spiders. Maybe compassion because everyone else just kills them and doesn’t see their value. ... [Read the full story]
May 3, 2009 · 1 Comment
We just got back from a Desert Field Studies Center in the Mojave Desert. We went there as a class for Cuesta College and had a blast!!! We started off the trip by meeting at Cuesta College at 6:30 am on Thursday April 30th. That means we had to get up at 5:00 am. Yikes! First Gila Monster reported in the area for decades. Good thing our bags were packed and we were ready for the adventure. It took about 5 hours to get there with various stops on the way to see Joshua trees and Juniper trees. We already knew about those... [Read the full story]
His hair fell out in clumps today. I teared up and he said, “Time to get a haircut.” He seems fine with it all. It’s me that falls apart every time something... [Read more]
“Here, Grandpa, I advise you to take this home.” The advice came from Riley Lane, 4, and “this” was a small portion of hydrangea blossom picked up from... [Read more]