The summer of 2004 was a great time in my life. I was 27 years old and single. Interestingly, an acute and intense breakup had opened up a new phase in my life full of beauty, promise and hope. It was a strange dichotomy. My best friend was living in California that summer and ended...
Hi Miggy, thank you for having us. My name is Christina Wooley, my husband is Derald and our daughter is Alicen Jane. She is 9 years old now. Alicen was born 4 months early and weighed a whopping 1 pound and 13 ounces when she was born. She stayed in the NICU for 111 days. ...
The birthday girl eagerly awaiting the arrival of her guests. Party recap time. Being that this was Lamp’s first birthday party, I can’t tell you how happy and grateful I was to plan this party for my big girl and her special day. Although I’m not one to want a charater themed party, the birthday...
Happy Fourth of July! Hope you have a great day and make some great memories with your loved ones. Thanks for all the well wishes on our big news. Exciting stuff. See you next week! Hugs, Miggy image
Yep. Expecting #3 sometime in December. 3 is suddenly sounding like a very big number. Heaven help us.
Someone turned 3 this past weekend and she was SO excited about it. I’ll do a party re-cap later, but today here are a few words for my big birthday girl. Dearest Lamp, Happiest of happy birthdays! You are getting bigger and bigger everyday, yet remain petit and just right for snuggling and holding–two things...
Hi! My name is Andrea. My husband Beau and I live in Utah with our two children, Kaylee (8) and Presley (5). We’ve been married almost 11 years! Beau just recently graduated from college and works as a System Administrator for a marketing company and I am a stay-at-home/on-the-go Mom. Our oldest daughter Kaylee was...
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I'm an author, artist, and disability advocate. I live with my handsome husband and three beautiful daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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This was so touching. I think it is very important for parents to share their childhood with their children. Not just the stories, but through visits. I know the memories from both my parents mattered greatly to me. My father's rural Wyoming and my mother's northern Mexico/south Texas roots could not have been more different. It helped me understand the choices they made and why. You have given your children (husband too) a gift. Thank you for sharing.
Kiki–yes! I totally agree…I think it's so important for kids to see and learn about their parents.
I dream of starting an art collection and adding one of your landscapes someday (if you have any still.) I love the story. So fun to get to know you better through your writing.
Thanks Terese–high praise from a fellow artist. And don't you have your own small town years in Michigan? Or maybe it was a city…I don't really know. 🙂
I loved this. I still regret not purchasing that painting….
Ha! Thanks Cass!
Your art work and story are gorgeous. Soothing to the soul. Thanks for sharing. Kristen @ onein1hundred
Thanks Kristen.
As a fellow San Antonio resident from Nebraska (I even went to elementary school in Scottsbluff ), I understand completely! We returned last year to Omaha for a wedding, and it was so wonderful to be back. Also, it is beautiful country!
Have you ever seen Keith Jacobshagen's work? http://www.keithjacobshagen.net/ He was a professor at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where I did my undergraduate work. I think his landscapes would speak to you.
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Love this post! I grew up in a very small town in West Virginia and now live in a big city. My parents grew up there as well, just down the street from one another, and started Kindergarten together back in the day. Both of my grandmother's lived in that same town too. So many of your memories resounded so heavily with me, there is nothing quite like a small town to grow up in. My parents still live in that same house and I absolutely love going home, I feel safe and free and happy. And I am thrilled that my son (soon to be 3) gets to feel those same feelings… it's like he just knows that this is a loving, safe place to be. Great post!
This was beautifully written, and brought tears to my eyes! I grew up in Nebraska (in the "big" town of Grand Island) until I went to college and still go back a couple times a year to visit my mom and grandparents. As an adult and parent of two little ones I now too fully appreciate the simplicity of life that Nebraska offered a kid growing up – so many of your memories remind me of my own!
Far away from U.S its really interesting to get to know abt these places…really love this post….
very nicely written