When I was a kid I wore work boots, a pony tail and overalls nearly every day. I collected pocket knives, held a sling shot in my back pocket and had a toy bow and arrow. My afternoons were spent catching lizards and frogs, poking horned toads with sticks and chasing down my pet chicken, Scruffy. I built forts, dug holes and g[...]
Happy happy birthday to my stunning Sis-in-law, Emy, Emilina, Em, Emily. You just so happen to be one of the best Momma's I know. You are beautiful, and I am so grateful to call you my sister. Thank you for loving Lil W as if he were your own. Your love means more to me than you will ever know. Now move to Cali won't cha--so we ca[...]
I'm a sap. Take, for example, when I have a "melancholy" day, or week for that matter. That's when you can find me scouring the pages of pinterest into the wee hours of the night searching for words of encouragement and strength. The power of words always astounds me. How one simple sentence can change my entire perspective, alter my[...]
If you follow my rants on facebook, then you may remember my desperate plea for guidance regarding the unknown object stuck way back in Lil W's nose last weekend. I knew this day would come eventually, especially considering his obsession with his nostrils. But I always assumed I would find it kinda cute or comical when he accidentall[...]
by: Michelle {LMM's Momma} The moment Ashley (my baby) told me she was going to have a baby went nothing like I had always imagined it would go. I always imagined I would be old and gray on that day. Likely retired on a front porch swing somewhere exotic, probably Greece. But here I was, 48 years old, still in the prime of my[...]
I started this blog in February 2010. And in the beginning, I remember spending way too much time on Etsy looking to discover my favorite new designer--one that maybe, just maybe would be willing to sponsor a giveaway on my site. That's when I met Kristi of Barn Owl Primitives. Kristi, Creator and Designer of Barn Owl PrimitivesI [...]
I was watching Oprah. Which, I'm sure, is when 80% of the World experiences their Aha! moment. It was that episode from her final season where she shows the guests who have impacted her most over the years. One guest stuck out to me more than the others. She was interviewing a mother who had accidentally forgotten her child in t[...]
