It’s not easy to describe me. I’m a multi-faceted septuagenarian with a lifelong archive of stories, loves, adventures, and experiences. Family is, and always will be, the driver of everything I do and why I do them. It motivates me to keep working and be the best Spouse, Mom, Mimi, and Mother in Law that I can be. I’m like a book of stories, each one different but never-ending, as I am still creating and adding to my life’s stories daily.

  • Thoughts

    Choose Kindness

    Choices shape our lives and shape who we are.  The life you’re living today results from the consequences of choices you made in the past.   There is a chain of events associated with every decision that we make.  The impact…

  • Thoughts

    Dreams

    I am a dreamer.  Not a daytime dreamer, although occasionally I do that also, but I’m a consistent night dreamer.  I think that everybody dreams, although most may not remember theirs, I wake up each morning with a story from…

  • Holidays

    Mother’s Day 2023

    I’ve been blessed to be able to celebrate Mother’s Day for the past 47 years.  No one gave me an instruction booklet on how to be a Mom.  I got sent home with a 7-pound newborn & had to figure…

  • Adventure

    Over The Mountain

    Some of the best places to eat are tucked away, off the beaten path, and you don’t know about them unless the locals share their secrets.   Dahlonega has some great restaurants, but last night was an experience in all…

  • Adventure

    The Way

    The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St James, is a pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, where tradition holds that the…

  • Creativity

    Working With Paper Napkins

    During the week, my time is filled with charts, numbers, data, & people stuff, so my way of unwinding is to open up my craft bin & see what sorts of things I have to transition something from dull to…