On July 16th, I received a message from my sister on our sibling group text: “Happy Heavenly Birthday Mom!!!” with heart emojis all around. Later, my brother texted “89.” At the time, I was finishing up at the pickle patch, …

As I sit in my computer lounge chair writing this post, I am without power or, should I say, limited power, because of a generator. On Sunday, a thunderstorm came and knocked out power for a lot of the area …

Recently, while volunteering at my local FamilySearch Center, a new patron came by. She has a professional business where she locates documents for her clients to qualify for certain societies.  She mentioned SAR and DAR, and I have to confess …

I am not sure how it started, but we decided around my milestone, 60th birthday that we would go to our local animal shelter and adopt a puppy. We have been empty pupsters, since our daughter moved out with her …