"There are two great days in a persons life - the day we are born and the day we discover why." I have a friend who comes up with a quote at least once a week that always seems to ring ...
Today I ran out to pick up Chinese food for lunch. A rarity around our house. I was completely alone. Another rarity. I sat down at a table to wait on the food to be rea...
Six and one half years ago we drove to a nearby town, got out of the car, and had a pasty white, malnourished, filthy 21-month-old boy named Jackson placed in our arms on a doorstep with a t-shirt, a...
This evening I turned "Anchor" on by Mindy Gledhill, a song that seems to have been written by someone who took a peek at my soul, found a perfect little portion of me and ...
Introducing McKinley Elaine Rebecca BlaineBorn Friday, July 1, 2011, 4:37pm7lbs 5oz. 20.5 inchesMcKinley: My great-grandfathers name, "Payton McKinley Scott", went by "Mack". Ir...
My last blog just prompted the most startling thought! What if McKinley has her Daddys big ole head with a Honey-sized body? Shell never be able to walk! Great....now Ill be biting ...
For me one of lifes greatest pleasures is knowing exactly who I came from and feeling the connection that binds all of us together. I love to look in the mirror and see the shape and ...
It didnt take very long at all after discovering that we were expecting another baby that our thoughts turned to Nana accompanied by the sense of hollowness at not being able to tell her the news, of...
Ive got to admit that that little leg looks an awful lot like mine. As inconceivable (get it, inconceivable) as it sounds, it sure looks like mine. Maybe because this baby is mine.&n...
Some of my very best memories throughout my life are those where MawMaw has come for a visit. I remember after we moved to Arkansas J and I could hardly bear the anticipation of waiting for her...
A few weeks before Christmas, late one weekend night after the kids should have been sound asleep, Clint and I heard footsteps and giggling and within seconds had two late-night visitors piled up in ...
Roughly two months ago I had two seperate conversations, one with Clint and one with Honey. In each I talked with them about my experiences, most especially my exp...
September 11, 2001. There isnt one of us old enough to remember that day that cant tell another just exactly where they were, what they were doing, or how they first heard th...
Dear Butt,Would you please quit dragging? Dont make me kick you...Love, Me
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