Before I share recommended children and adult books for gift-giving let me share a small epiphany that hit while driving down Nevada Street. Maybe it will encourage you during Advent. Small Epiphany It was like turning an ornament to a different angle and finding something new when I thought about the Virgin Mary carrying God…
Category: Children
They Fly Away, and Changes Are Hard
Six of the eight Colorado Boylls are moving to Montana. Big changes await them: new jobs, house, school, and daycare for the toddler. It only took five weeks to put their decision into action. They’re flying away, and I keep telling myself changes can be good. Still, changes hurt! The “For Sale” sign swings on…
Worst Grandmother of the Day!
My one-time smoothie shop with the grands has been bulldozed to make way for a tire shop. To memorialize this demise I am recounting its connection with the day I was the worst grandmother. Enjoy! Smoothies, anyone? Along Highway 24 is a coffee kiosk that sells smoothies. It is a mile from the elementary school,…