smiles Posted on September 17, 2006 By pamela I loved seeing a comment from Kathryn… I miss you guys…I’m tryin’ to act smart for your sake! Love you.” (See the post about Homeschooling below) How I miss our precious girl! We always have mixed emotions when she’s gone… wanting her to stay and wanting her to enjoy special experiences. We’re torn over wanting to keep her home and letting her go, too. So, she’s out of town visiting a friend in Oregon who leaves in a couple of days to return to the mission field in Yemen. Many months and a whole world away, Kathryn will be especially sad to see her friend go away again. I’m glad she checked in on my blog… a sweet, sweet surprise. Family
family reunions Posted on August 27, 2007 I never really quite understood ‘family reunions’ and actually never really knew people had them (whatever they were) when I was growing up. I think that’s another of the many casualties of divorce. Broken families don’t have family reunions. I’m not so sure I have grasped the deep seated value… Read More
Summer fun: jumping bales Posted on June 1, 2009 In case it seems I’ve lost the lighthearted side… I haven’t. Here’s my lighthearted side. Jump! Jump! Jump! The local farmers do three cuttings a year… and through the years, the youngest of our children have the greatest time jumping from bale to bale all over the land! I don’t… Read More
Naming the grandmother Posted on October 7, 2007 Another drawback or disadvantage of not having family traditions is that life happens and sometimes you’ve just done things one way or another simply by default. It’s not yo fault, it’s default. Take being Swedish or German or Norwegian or Russian or whatever… there are wonderful traditions that are unique… Read More