Family Friday #9 The Move
By now you may have noticed a theme! I have multiple posts talking about moving and home. I don’t know why this one feels more difficult than normal but perhaps it is the way it went down and all of the nonsense experienced during this last 2 months. Moving is not my favorite. I know…
Happy #28 Clayton
Clayton, I remember the day you were born so well. A lot of time has passed since that day and there have been many adventures and hardships inbetween, but today I celebrate the man that is you. I remember many of your birthday celebrations. Many of them included snow and even blizzard conditions (Funny how…
Happy #34 Connor
Dear Connor, How is it possible that you are in your thirties? How is it possible that you have been my son-in-love for 9 years already? Time sure has gone by fast. In fact, time is like a roll of toilet paper that unrolls faster and faster the closer it gets to the end of…
Family Friday #8 – The gumball machine
Most everything about Jim was intentional. He was a master at making a lesson or a joke out of almost everything. he learned magic tricks and perfected them so that he could us them to illustrate truths in class and in ministry. He also made a game out of even the most mundane things like…
The File Cabinet
So this weekend I continued to pack and purge in preparation for the move from Downey at the beginning of March. I purged at least 25 board games, which was tough for this game playing mom. I got rid of mugs, dishes, books and other “treasures”, but the toughest thing I have gotten rid of…
Family Friday #3 Boyfriend and Girlfriend
Not everyone was happy we were dating. Some of our good band friends, Steve, who I had gone out with and Debbie, who Jim had gone out with, were not thrilled to hear we had gone on a date. In all fairness, it was a blind date that jim had set up and I happened…
Family Friday #2 More at the Start
I went to Biola in 1977 after I graduated from Edison High School. It was not my first choice AT ALL! A bit full of myself because of my high academic record and standing in the class I really wanted to go to UCLA and study languages. Biola didn’t have a Spanish or linguistics major…
Happy 25 Amanda
Dear Amanda, I know you’re my only daughter-in-law, but you’re still my favorite! Though you weren’t born into our family, you were born to be part of it and I feel like I got a great gift when Clayton chose you as his life partner. One quarter of a century. One fourth of “my kids”.…
Famiy Friday #1 The beginning
Ok, I am not sure about this or whether or not I will keep it up but I need to build consistency into my writing times. Connor’s grandfather wrote a “memoir” through StoryWorth prompts and Emily was saying how she really wanted some more things from her dad. I don’t want to invest in another…
Happy Birthday Jim #68
Jim, Your high school reunion was this year. I was asked if I would like to attend in your honor. which says a great deal about how valued you were that they still miss you and wish you were around to celebrate with them. (I didn’t go because I was in RI when it happened).…