Tag: family
What matters most in the end
As summer kicks in to high gear, if there is time in your day to pick up a good book, I recommend, Heart In The Right Place, a memoir written by Carolyn Jourdan.
Team anger management
When did high school sports games turn into opportunities for parents to let their tempers run out of control?
Life in an old coal town
Sutherland meets a woman from a small mining town in West Virginia like the one she enjoys reading about in a Homer Hickman novel.
Will work for cleats
"Mom, I need new cleats." I think I have heard some variation of this sentence for 15 years now.
Dad’s favorite peach-blueberry cobbler
We’re really just a dessert family, but this cobbler recipe is at the top of my dad’s favorite recipes list.
Childhood summers were best spent using our imaginations
When Sutherland thinks of her childhood summers she can remember playing in the hay mow, swimming, climbing trees, and spending hours exploring the woods.
Guerilla parenting
The next time we feel moved to criticize, we would all do well to thank God and Guardian Angels and practice a little gratitude instead.
Love grows among the apple blossoms at Varian Orchards
Varian Orchards features an event venue and education hot spot for many ages.
Memories of Gram
My Gram's time on this earth would span 31,652 days. 1929-2016. It was so much more than numbers. My Gram lived the hell out of that dash.
