Nov 8, 2024 | Family Life
I don’t like talking about my problems. In general, I’m an optimist and I like to share positive and uplifting things. However, two months ago I had a seizure, and in that moment, everything in my life changed and everything stayed the same. I was visiting... 
Mar 24, 2024 | Family Life
You came into my life as a sixth grader and I, a high school senior. Your class had to write individual members of my class and we read them during our senior retreat. You wrote the sweetest letter. I wrote you back, and we soon became pen pals. Our letters and... 
Mar 3, 2024 | Family Life
Some things collided this year to propel me to ponder the meaning of friendship and to reconnect with friends of the past. One of those things was pulling my box of college letters out of the attic. I’ve dug through them in the past, collected letters from friends,... 
Dec 27, 2020 | Family Life, Sewing
It’s been quite a year. When I was looking to see if I wrote a 2019 year in review, I realized there was very little that I wrote in the later half of last year. That’s because our dear friend Karen was well into her battle with cancer. She was in and out... 
Dec 6, 2020 | Family Life, Pillows
I had the opportunity to create these special memory pillows for a beloved mother and grandmother. It gave me time to reflect on what grandmothers mean to us. I recall being at a funeral years ago and the priest gave a beautiful homily about grandmas being holy. That... 
Feb 6, 2020 | Family Life
Karen loving me, “the baby” of the family. I know that I am a small sewing business and love to share all my creations with you. I am also a daughter, a wife, a mother, a sister, an aunt, a friend. Today, I need to share some things because writing...