String o' Pearls

Recently, I have had the joy of spending some one-on-one time with two of the three daughters-in-law who live nearby here in VA. On Septembe...

Is this what Heaven might be like for me?  Snuggling a beloved baby, whose precious sleeping face is resting on her Grammy’s shoulder?  I so...

I found this not-quite-ready post in my archives, and I decided to finish and publish it today.  Because I'm on a roll here!  I go silen...

I am a boy mom. A very happy, totally fulfilled boy mom. God gave me five sons, no daughters, and I can say with complete honesty that I nev...

I was inspired recently by one of my daughters-in-law, Ginger (wife of son #2), who texted me a photo of my boy dutifully polishing up a hug...

This is becoming a huge favorite of mine--this "Just Because" link-up with Rosie over at A Blog for My Mom. Back in 2011 when I st...

Remember this post that I wrote back in May, in which I told the story about how our third- and fourth-born sons and their wives announced ...

I know that some bloggers use the real names of all their family members when they write about them.  But for some reason, when I joined the...