Spring Cup 2011 Champions!
Clayton’s team had a great weekend as they played well and won the Cal South Spring Cup tournament!
A Graduation Blessing
Emily’s Senior class at church had a banquet to honor the graduates tonight. The parents were asked to write a blessing to share with their student. Here is the one I read to Emily. Dear Emily, I am so grateful to be your mom. I used to say it was the hardest thing I have…
Mother’s Day 2011
Yesterday I took a mini vacation with my friend Pam and we went down to Hollywood. We hiked to the Hollywood sign and ate ice cream at Didi Reise among other things. I didn’t realize how much I needed the break. I guess I am so busy working and parenting that I don’t think about…
6 Month Anniversary
I am not sure if I am following any sort of “normal” grief pattern, or even if there is such a thing, but at 6 months I can say that for me the fog seems to be lifting in this valley, the shock is wearing off, and I am realizing that I have to make…
Happy Star Wars Day
“May the Fourth be with you” is what I greeted Emily with this morning. The Congressional Art contest was tonight and she got fourth place. Perhaps I jinxed her! LOL – She channeled her dad’s humor and came up with a variety of witty one liner puns to go with the day. Tomorrow is “Revenge…
Happy Easter
We are celebrating the resurrection with the Moses clan. The traditions are very different with teens. They all want to hide the eggs but no one wants to hunt for them! So after hiding some of the eggs for the 3 little girls we realized that we need to get more creative with the 11…
Five things on April 5th – the Fifth month without Jim
Jim went to heaven 5 months ago. Today would have been his dad’s 86th birthday. I think because I anticipated this day with such caution, it was not as hard of a day as I thought it would be. (It was sort of like seeing an accident about to happen so you get ready for…
National Laugh at Work Week
Did you know that today starts National Laugh at Work week?! April Fool’s Day (today) through Friday! Just wanted you to know because as the former CEO of Jest in Time I believe laughter and humor are vital to a healthy, productive workplace. Benefits of laughing at work include improved productivity, teamwork, communication, stress relief,…
Surprise!
Jim would have been soooo proud! Here is why: Clayton’s friends planned a surprise party for his 15th birthday. They invited each other and gave party details on facebook, which Clayton saw before they remembered to make it private, so he knew something was going on. The night of the party he went to Chick-Fil-A…
Happy Pi Day 3.14
Today is Pie day! And that always makes me think about the illustration Jim would use to describe how our lives were to be more like a Chicken pot pie than a TV dinner. I know he got that illustration from someone else (I think Bing Hunter in a class we had at Talbot years…