Siblings share a unique bond, one impossible to replicate in any other relationship. The DNA ties are as strong as the common experience associated with growing up in the same household. Siblings may be polar opposites, or they may be eerily alike in their mannerisms. You may love them fiercely one minute and despise them Read More
In our American culture cake equals celebration. We serve cake at birthday parties, baby showers, wedding showers, wedding receptions, promotion parties, and graduations. Virtually any event can be turned into a commemoration simply by adding cake! Cake and icing are as diverse as the events they frequent. There are the traditional flavors like chocolate and Read More
Saturday my husband I ran the Shiner Half Marathon. The weather conditions were less than ideal; it was cold, rainy and windy. Even AccuWeather could not help us decide how to dress for the race. By gun time the rain had ceased and temperatures had warmed, but oh that wind! The gusts were blowing at Read More
Life is a funny thing; one minute the stars are aligned and all is well, then next minute you are flat on your butt wondering what happened. My life seems to run in seasons. There are seasons of hardship when enduring the turmoil is about all I can do, and seasons of joy where I Read More
There are days when I genuinely wonder if my presence in the world makes any difference. If you look up “average” in the dictionary, I’m pretty sure you’d find my picture there. Sometimes I look with admiration at those who have accomplished great things, and then I let myself get discouraged knowing I won’t ever Read More
Remember being a kid and playing hopscotch? If your foot landed on a line, you were out and your turn was over. So in hopscotch playing inside the lines is the desired modus operandi, but in life, at least mine, not so much. I want to play outside the lines because that’s where all the Read More
Working for a community college has many perks; the best one, in my humble opinion, is that in addition to paid personal days, sick days and vacation days, there are multiple college wide days off like four days at Thanksgiving, two weeks at Christmas and a week for Spring Break. I cherish my time away Read More
