We hear many personal stories from our veterans and their families from current day back to World War II, but I thought this weekend as we honor those who have given their lives for our freedom that I’d share a bit of a rare gem from my family. My Grandpa preserved letters from some of […]
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Memorial Day Tribute #2
My grandfather served in both World War II and the Korean War, as did many of his generation. Thankfully, he survived both wars, and became my Dad’s Dad and my Grandpa. Grandpa turned down a purple heart for a wound he received on his hand during combat. He turned it down because he felt there […]
I won!!
Gasp!! Can you hear me shrieking?? I got an email first thing this morning from Scribbit saying that my story Competition in the Closet won this months’ write away contest. Thank you so much to the judge at Ice Cream Diaries who chose my post as the winner, to Scribbit for hosting the monthly contest, […]
My handsome little prince
*I seem to be having trouble posting pictures, but stay tuned. If I can get The Narrator’s help, I have an adorable pic for this post!!! The gals that play the part of Disney princesses at Disney World are good. I mean they are gooood. Thanks to Nana’s younger brother who works at Disney, we […]
Back from real life
I have returned from my two weeks of real life fun. We had many fun adventures with Nana and Papa, and I have tons of great stories to share over the next week. We always have a miniature low period after family leaves. Tonight when The Narrator and the kids returned from taking Nana and […]
Marchocolate
For some reason as I was driving to JoAnn to help my wedding dress friend attempt to exchange one of the fabrics for her dress (a great story for another time), I couldn’t help thinking about Marchocolate. In the town I grew up in, we had a legendary restaurant called Kewpie. Their logo and mascot […]