I’m back in Texas until after Thanksgiving. My son’s best friend is getting married this Saturday.  This summer when I planned my trip to the wedding, I thought it would be a great idea to visit my parents before the wedding for a week, visit my son at my home in Texas the next week, […]

Since I’m used to living by the gulf coast and not the mountains, the whole idea of winter here has me a bit nervous.  I tend to freeze at the mildest of temperatures.  There have been a few time the past month that the weather has cooled here.  Each time, I’ve thought to myself– Is […]

I want to live above the clouds.  I aspire to view life from above the clouds. One year when my kids were young, my parents graciously treated the entire family to a trip to Hawaii.  We loved it.  We stayed on Maui and swam, surfed, and had a great time.  We drove up to the […]

I really love being 50ish.  I have heard from “older women” all my life that when you make it to your fifties, you don’t care what others think.  You feel a freedom that allows you to live your life just as you want to live it.  I really wish I would have felt this way […]