Akin family

After the thaw and before the next storm. Winter drags on...    ...but there's hope!  

My friend Rixie did a great post recently about why she does not wear lipstick . She asked the question what traumas we mothers had unknow...

November and December brought a series of unexpected challenges.  I had much more important things to think about than tracking walking data...

Winter Comes to Alabama!              

I have always lived in the southeast.  I like it here.  I wouldn't mind living someplace like Wyoming or Montana (for some reason those...

December 4, 2013

Our culture has changed so dramatically over the past twenty years.  While I often fuss about Modern Technology and the way we seem to be so...

My sister and I were talking via email this morning about the latest stories about General Gates' new book and the fall of Fallujah.  It...

My memories are my memories.  I'm sure that there are inaccuracies and that others remember the same event differently than I do. ...

Christmas this year is a bit different for our family.  Back in November my sister-in-law and I mentioned to each other several times that...

It doesn't always happen this way, but this year the first Sunday in Advent is December 1.  After a little research, I have discovered t...

The Christmas that Mr. Marvelous and I were engaged, I was introduced to a family tradition in his mother's family.  All brides and brid...

  Sing to the Lord , all the earth!      Tell of his salvation from day to day.     Declare his glory among the nations,      his marvelou...

Thought I would share a few family traditions from both our nuclear family and our extended family. The big gathering of as many people ...

Early morning.  Cold drizzle.  Tantalizing hints of snow. Dogwood flaming Sun rising ...

1.  Granny's Toys Many years ago before she had any children of her own, my sweet Granny Reed used to babysit for a family.  She came ...