This little one is a little character. The first 30 minutes together, she buried her face against her mother’s body. A bit later, she only hid behind her hands feigning shyness yet allowing me to snap a photo anyway. And when I sent the photo to her mom’s mobile phone, she really played along.

Yesterday was filled with many tear-filled moments. I was overwhelmed, sad, and discouraged. I wrote: “My apologies to those who have some sort of expectation for me during the holiday season. I’m doing the best I can but, honestly, the best-I-can isn’t much these days. Sorry. It is what it is.” Today, I am slightly [...]

O On Sunday I stopped in to watch my grand niece compete in a cheerleading competition. Talk about a different: glitter, glitz, and glamor galore. The number of questions I posed was indicative of just how dissimilar my world of boys is from my niece’s world of only girls. She was especially amused when I [...]