School Bus Yellow Is A Beautiful Color

When my kids were little my absolute favorite color for the fall was school bus yellow. Come September the greatest sight in the world was the back of my sweet babies heads as they boarded that bus.  All the new backpacks were […]

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Gaudy Isn’t A Dirty Word

                         The Jewelry I Travel With On A Four Day Trip I am a jewelry hoarder.  There I said it out loud.  I love, adore, covet, hoard and can’t get enough […]

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GPS To Paris

        Sammie “Rand McNally” Davis and Mary OwensYesterday I took my grandmother to Paris to visit her sister Mary.  Being that I am geographically challenged I was depending on her to lead the way.  I could have used my […]

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Back To School

Crayons, crying kids, frazzled moms and folders are a sure sign that back to school shopping is upon us.Just take a look the next time you go to Target or Walmart and you can spot the look of exhaustion on the faces […]

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Run Away Parents

Every now and then as parents we just want to run away from home.  If you have kids and have never thought of just hoping in the car , getting a hotel room and ordering an obnoxious amount of room service then […]

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iPhone Siri Is Grounded

I arrived home recently to find my house empty and did not know the whereabouts of my teenage son. The rule at my house is if you leave while I am at work you have to text me.  If you leave where […]

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Netflix Is Not An Emergency

For as long as I can remember I have tried to explain to my children the definition of a real emergency.  A real emergency doesn’t involve an empty cereal box, anything that has to do with the phrase “I had it first” […]

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Apology to Claire

Dear Claire: We judged you and for that we apologize. In second grade when Clark came to school and said he had no breakfast because he didn’t make himself any, we judged you.  Who makes a second grader make their own breakfast? […]

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News Teasers

Yesterday as I was watching television I was informed that something I was feeding my family for dinner could be deadly.  Of course they didn’t tell me what it was just that it was really horrendous and I should tune in at […]

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Heartaches and Boo Boos

There comes a time in every parents life when they realize that heartaches aren’t like boo boos and we can’t kiss them and make them go away. When they are little and hurting all you need is lots of hugs and kisses […]

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