Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Regrets about what we should have done can overwhelm us. Life is an education, and all of us can look back and see things we wish we’d done differently. Moms especially can have a hard time with regrets. There is a time for asking forgiveness and a time for doing the best…
This post is one of my all-time favorites from the archives, about making memories with your children. It is even more poignant to me now that both of the boys in the story have left home for college. Since there are thousands more readers of This Lovely Place than when it was written, I wanted…
In Oklahoma we say we’re “fixin’” to go to the store. I was raised in Kansas and “Bless your heart” meant compassion, but I recently realized that’s an insult in some places. My husband calls macaroni and cheese “cheese noodles” so my children have been raised with that. The words and phrases we use are…
Munching frozen pizza while gathered around the TV….eating burritos in the backseat of the mini-van….grabbing a hot dog at the game…. All families have times when a family meal involves convenience foods and eating on the go. The thought of eating dinner around the table at home can sound old-fashioned, boring or maybe even…
Older Moms have been around the block a few times. We’ve skinned our knees and taken wrong turns. We know which house has the dog that barks as we walk by, and we know that the fence keeps the dog in. Us Older Moms are eager to help Younger Moms, to ease their journey and…
Our son’s wedding will take place in just a few weeks. A couple of days ago, the plane tickets were purchased after months of hoping for a good deal. We finally realized that this particular trip was not a ticket bargain hunter’s paradise. It was more important to have final arrangements than to save a…