My Friend Rachel

  I bet you know Rachel, the gal with the too perky “Hello, I’m Rachel with Credit Card Services, there is nothing wrong with your credit card we just want to tell you . . . .”  I have to admit I’ve never heard the rest of the…

First Day of School

  Today I’m borrowing stories from two of my favorite moms. Monty’s daughter, Noel, wrote to tell us about her first born, Will, starting kindergarten. I found her description of the first letting go experience very touching. My daughter,…

Zoe and the Serpent

by Zoe I'm having a bad day, last night was my people's night out. I was busy entertaining myself in the kitchen (that seems to be the only room available to me when my people are away from home). Anyway, I have a new peanut butter bone and…

Life with Mom and Dad

by Zoe I was the first, the first puppy born to a first time mom on a cold February morning in 2009. It’s good to be first but in this case my mom didn’t have any idea what was going on or what to do. Thankfully my kennel mom, Arlene,…

The Art of Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping is an art form, if you’ve had the misfortune of shopping at the local Walmart on Saturday morning you might consider its a martial art form! I have a theory about grocery shopping - it takes an hour to go the grocery store.…

The Hope Chest

We, of a certain generation, save kitchen stuff. What is the purpose of saving an old burnt cookie sheet, a cracked wooden spoon, or a bent spatula? In reality, we think these things are treasures and surely our children or grandchildren will…

Monty and the Python

There he was slithering down the hallway heading for our bedroom. Monty will tell you the serpent was at least six feet long with glowing eyes and smoke streaming from his nostrils. Actually I think the smoke might have obscured Monty’s view…
Graduation

Graduation

This is the time of year we celebrate graduates. Like many families across America ours was caught up in the festivities.     We have nine grandchildren, seven live in Phoenix and two in Colorado. Our oldest grandson has two sons of his…

Joy

What does joy look like to you? Joy comes in many shapes and forms. I think we all agree joy is found most profoundly in the tiny newborn, a child, grandchild or great grand child, the joy at their birth is overwhelming. What a miracle to be…

Can I Borrow a Jack

My dad enjoyed telling a story about a man and his family driving on a country road when a tire blew out on their older model car. They were returning from a day at the beach and the man was hot and tired and in no mood to deal with the tire…