When one of the older ladies at church found out I was getting ready to turn sixty she said, “Oh, you are just a spring chicken.”  I thought about that for a moment and replied, “No, not a spring chicken. I’m more like an autumn chicken.”…

We finally got to have a birthday dinner/celebration for Gage, a couple of weeks after the fact.…

Thank you to everyone who left such meaningful comments on my last post and especially those who shared your story with us.  Stories are such a great way to connect hearts that have been through loss.…

This post is mostly an update about my mom but as it turns out, we have another mother facing a health challenge. Steve’s mom, Vernie, was admitted to the hospital last Friday with double pneumonia. Steve is driving to Charlotte today to be with her.  The two of us have been blessed with the best moms in the world and are carrying each of them…