Category: Southern Family

  • Rosemary for Remembrance

    Shakespeare said, “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember.” The saying “rosemary for remembrance” is obviously taken from this quote, but interestingly enough, science shows us that rosemary and memory do have a connection. Several studies show that rosemary actually stimulates memory and may preserve some cognitive function. Who knew? I love rosemary. One…

  • Another Happy Anniversary

    Another year, another wedding anniversary. This one makes 18 years! It is fun to reflect back on the years – the good times and bad. When I look through my wedding album, I enjoy seeing pictures of friends and remembering those that have passed. This year, we stayed home and had a quiet dinner together.…

  • What Is Really Important?

    Twenty-three years ago, I lost my dad to cancer. He was 54 years old. I’ve been thinking a lot about Daddy lately. I remember when he had his first chemo treatment after he was diagnosed. Everyone else was gone, and he and I had a great visit. We sat on his hospital bed, and he…

  • Southern Anniversary

    Okay, tomorrow,  October 12th is my 13th wedding anniversary. When we were looking for places for the ceremony and reception, of course, I took pictures and after the wedding, then, I had before and after pics! I would love to share some of them with you for the wonderful Monday Metamorphosis hosted by the very…

  • Southern Inspiration

    Today, I’m participating in the Miracle Makeover Party! Read the details at the bottom of the post and start commenting! Thank you to Guideposts Magazine for bringing us the video of Colette and her miracle makeover. The link to see the video is at the bottom of this post. Colette’s story is inspiring. Many things…

  • Southern Summer

    Wow, it has been crazy busy around here this past couple of weeks. I thought I would try to get by with combining posts and not actually posting every day. Oops, apparently not a good idea. In addition to my mother and my sister letting me know that they had noticed and missed a new…

  • Southern Grandmother

    One of the great blessings in life is to have a wonderful mother. I enjoy visiting with my own mother and I also enjoy hearing her talk about her mother, my grandmother. I was fortunate enough to have my maternal grandmother on earth until I was in my early 30’s. It is wonderful to have…

  • Soutnern Metamorphosis

    What a wonderful weekend we have had, celebrating our nation’s independence. We definitely need have some people to thank for our continued freedoms and that would be our military! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have posted about my nephew (the Marine) before. It is a different kind of metamorphosis to be sure. But,…

  • Southern Father’s Day

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! You have seen my favorite post for today many times. I was thinking this past week that I need to write another “Daddy-isms”…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    It is another beautiful Sunday here in my neighborhood! I’m so thankful for a day of rest. Things have been so crazy busy around here, it is good to rest and re-charge. It is also time for: with Chari at Happy to Design. Hope you have a great Sunday morning. This is a favorite from…

  • Southern Mother’s Day

    Happy Mother’s Day! “Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,” Exodus 20:12. This is the 5th of the 10 Commandments. It has been said that the fifth commandment is pivotal, for it is between the commandments teaching us to love…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! It is Sunday so that means a past favorite and something for the soul. I’m very blessed to have a talented, creative, Christian mother. Last March, she wrote a guest post telling…

  • Southern Birthday!

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday! Today, is my wonderful Grandpa’s 94th birthday! I wrote this post last year for his birthday. What a wonderful blessing to have such a wonderful man in my life! Grandpa has lived…

  • Southern Daddy

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday. Today, January 3rd would have been my daddy’s 72nd birthday. Many of you who have read my blog know that my daddy died at the age of 54 of cancer. I wrote…

  • Southern New Life

    My husband and I and our little dog and cat have been traveling the last few days. We spent a couple of days with my mother and her wonderful husband in Oklahoma. The day after we arrived, a blizzard blew in! It made for a beautiful white Christmas, but unfortunately, many people were sliding off…