Category: Family Ties

This visit to my “home” in Colorado marked a first for my kids: their first time on a small boat.  They’ve been on ferries and cruise ships but never on a small personal boat.  We …

We’ve now been over a week in Colorado visiting family and friends.  We started our trip up in the mountains where hubby got to mountain bike at one of the ski resorts and we all …

Today is a very special day in my family, it’s my Daddy’s birthday!  My parents may disagree, but I feel like I’ve always been a Daddy’s girl.  I, of course, love my mommy with all …

One year ago today (at 2:30 in the morning, after a 24 hour travelling ordeal, see One Year Gone) we arrived back in Florida and began our new life.  I arrived and settled in with …

I heard yesterday that a friend from a past life recently endured her first child being stillborn.  I cannot even imagine what she is feeling and experiencing right now and it would be completely inappropriate …

I think when most people have their first child, they spend the first days comparing their new sweet little family member to themselves and grandparents.  We tend to look for similarities and discuss which little …

A big part of what has made me the mommy that I am is the mommy that I was given.  Not only am I fortunate to have had a wonderful mommy growing up, but I …

Five years ago today my family and close family friends gathered to say our final good-byes to my Nana (my dad’s mom).  For me it was a rather strange experience, I was saying good-bye to …

We are extremely lucky that my girls still have four healthy grandparents.  They also have four great-grandparents.  We are also very fortunate that they have not yet had to deal with the death of a …

There is this funny rule about watching children:  The more adults there are around, the less children get watched.  Hubby and I learned this lesson for the first time on Honeybun’s 2nd birthday when we took …