My Day Has Been Hijacked


The first day of AUTUMN is tomorrow!!!!! And it feels like it already here in sunny cloudy Columbia, SC today! We had a lovely rain/down-pour last night and it cooled us off very nicely…And brought some perkiness to my poor, sad, wilted plants outside! So since tomorrow is the first day of Autumn, and I’ve been…
I think it was right after Eliza Jane was born that someone asked, “What are the kids going to be for Halloween?” I’d already mostly made up my mind, but I was pondering how I would pull it off. You see, last year, Reynolds was Woodstock from Charlie Brown. I made his costume, head-wear and…
I had some super sweet cuddle time tonight with my “peanut”. All because I stopped, took a deep breath and decided that all the things I needed to do could wait. This is a major challenge for me. Every day. I’m a task-oriented person. Ask anyone that I work with and they will tell you…
“Momma, girls don’t work.” {pause} “Only me, daddy and working mens.” For those of you that know me well, when Reynolds said this to me the other day…you can imagine my loving reaction towards my beloved son. He needed to be educated. I narrowed my eyes and cocked my head to the side… “What are you…
Last summer we had an incident where Reynolds cheered Emory on to drive our golf cart…at top speed, through the brick fence in our back yard. Y’all, I cannot make these things up! I’ve told you before, there is not a dull moment or day in this family… Thankfully last year everyone was fine. Slightly…
Kids know just how to punch you in the gut, don’t they? I’m not talking about the “I hate you, get out of my life” drama that I PRAY hard we never deal with… I’m talking about the bedtime, “No, MOMMA, I didn’t want YOU to put me to bed. I want DADDY!” drama. It’s…