Five Photos: Five Stories, Day 4
My friend, Beth Ann of It’s Just Life challenged me to the Five Photos: Five Stories challenge. If you haven’t had the chance, check out Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3! Remember the lady that I stayed with while
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Five Photos: Five Stories, Day 3
My friend, Beth Ann of It’s Just Life challenged me to the Five Photos: Five Stories challenge. If you’re behind, that’s ok! Check out Day 1 and Day 2!
I’m not going to lie, the first day that I searched for a picture for this challenge I struggled. I thought, I don’t have any “cool” pictures! But, the neat thing is that this challenge has made me look at a lot of pictures, think about them and why I have them and how they have impacted me or helped form me into who I am. So, here is today’s!
Five Photos: Five Stories, Day 2
My friend, Beth Ann challenged me to the Five Photos: Five Stories challenge. If you missed Day 1, click HERE. Day 2 In my old job, I frequently had to visit another store in Southern Iowa. I also got the
Five Photos: Five Stories
The rules of Five Photos; Five Stories are to post a photo a day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph. Oh yes, and
Counting My Blessings
You know those times in life where you are more grateful for people and things than normal? Yeah, I had one of those days a few days ago. Right before lunch T texted me and said “Well, hit a deer on the interstate. Probably totaled truck”. The end. No “I’m ok” or “headed to the hospital”…nothing! UGH! I called him immediately and after 2 rings it went to voicemail…super! I will admit that I started to panic then. Yes, he had the ability to text me, but what if he passed out, what if he couldn’t use his phone because he was in an ambulance. Remember, I’m a woman and my mind goes to the worst, first! I texted him then and said, “Are you OK? Call me please!!? Thankfully he almost immediately returned my text to let me know he was ok and he would call when he could (post paperwork, getting a different truck, etc). Thanks be to God T was fine. A small burn on his arm from the airbag deploying and little sore, but other than that just fine, so fine he went right back to work and was actually mad because it took up so much of his day when he had stuff to do! I would have been so shaken that I would have been home on the couch the rest of the day!
Wordless Wednesday: Washed By Faith
Wordless Wednesday: Faith
Earrings, Lockets, & Memories
The other day I was getting ready for work and was looking for an anklet (I didn’t have any either, so if you have any good recommendations, let me know) and I came across the drawer in my jewelry box
Thankful for Thinkovator
It’s not quite been a year since I started blogging, but I can’t believe how far I’ve come. When I started this journey, I hadn’t really shared it with anyone close to me. I was worried about what they would think and worried that I was going to fail miserably, so no need to share. Thanks to the constant support and encouragement of my friends with the North Iowa Bloggers, I grew, shared, developed, etc. Recently, it became very clear to me that I needed to be self-hosted.
R is 15!
I decided on M’s birthday back in March, that I would write a letter to each boy each year on their birthdays. You can read the letter to M here, but today is dedicated to R, who turns 15 today!!
Dear R,
You’re 15 today! I’m still in denial about it and plan on staying there for the next several years! It seems like the last 5 years have gone so fast! (You were just 10 when we went camping together for the first time, do you remember that?) I do, so very clearly! You were so little! Not so much anymore! You’re my gentle giant now! I don’t know if I’ve ever met a 15 year old boy (I know you’re not a boy anymore, but see the first sentence about denial) that is as gentle and quiet as you. You’ve always been that way too (as long as I’ve known you anyway)!
Our relationship has been fantastic! We’ve never really had any issues between you and I and it seems, in my opinion, that our relationship is a special one. It’s not like the one you have with your mom (and that’s great) or even the one you have with dad…it’s just what’s perfect for you and me. I cherish it, I hope you know that! I cherish the times we spend together! I cherish the memories we have together and those times when we just get to talk and you tell me about whatever is going on in your life! Those times hold the most meaning in my heart and always will!
