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I second shot this beautiful wedding a few weeks ago.  “Second shot” means that I got to tag along with my friend Lauren, who was the main photographer, and take pictures but  I was able to leave before they cut the cake in order to tuck my boys into bed for the night.  Did you…

Then followed that beautiful season… Summer…. Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is hot and sticky in the south.  Late May.  May races into June and the days, long and full with little ones, make for short weeks that seem to disappear before my eyes.  My boy is now 4 and my babe will be 2 at the end of the summer.  I pour my life…

  Today I am sharing my conversation with my dear friend, Shirley.  Shirley just celebrated her 92nd birthday.  She was convinced that she didn’t have anything special to share with us-if she only knew how much love and wisdom there is in her story.  You may want to grab a box of Kleenex for this…

Today is GOOD Friday.  Sunday is COMING. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 “Oh Church! Come stand in the light! The Glory of God has defeated the night!”

Thanks you for being here, beloved one. Dear Violet’s story is our first of many in a new series on vintage motherhood . . . Q:  Thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. A:  {nods, humbly} Q:  Can you start out by telling me how many children you have and when…

I love to talk to mothers, who are themselves now in their eighties or nineties, about their experiences as mothers of young children some sixty or seventy years ago.  I am utterly fascinated by these beautiful women who mothered in the days before modern appliances and air conditioning, baby registries and car seats. What was…