More Than Kindergarten Lessons

It is August already. This month has several special days for me, including my daughter’s birthday. As her birthday approaches, I keep thinking about All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum.  I first heard it when the Keynote speaker at my college (graduate school) graduation read it.  I really liked […]

Cake Baking Discoveries

My husband made me a birthday cake this year. It was a big deal just because he normally doesn’t do anything for birthdays, anniversaries, mother’s day, father’s day. . .well, you get the idea. He had made me a couple of b-day cakes in the past, but those were in the first few years of […]

I Should Be Having a Mid-Life Crisis

As my birthday approaches, I am reminded to be thankful for every year.

One Man Really Can Make A Difference

My dad would have been 88 years old today.   It seems hard to believe he would be that old.  It seems harder to believe that we lost him eight years ago. He was an introvert at heart.  He did not like talking about himself.  He was of the stoic WWII generation, but not as stoic […]