Family

    My parents woke me up with a beautiful aquamarine birthstone necklace, made by my aunt I walked on the beach, sipping starbucks with mom I sat next to my parents at the church they were married at in 1971 I celebrated my grandfather's 90th birthday, in the...

My mother grew up in Corpus also... my grandmother lives in Houston now, but I had to go by and see the house...   Grandpa White built this house I can remember sliding down the stairs to the huge wall mirror I remember Grandma's banana trees and huge smoker in...

  Memories... my dad always told me that his job was making memories. I have taken this job as my own with my children. This trip (with just my parents and brother) was amazing. Traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas... so many memories.   Strong hands... Hands...

  My parents grew up in Corpus Christi. It was an 8 hour drive to Corpus from Plano, Texas - where I grew up. My brother and I got very used to these trips and I always enjoyed the scenery. It has been two years since any of these road trips, so this time I tried to...

  This isn't the house I grew up in... my parents moved to Houston February of my senior year of high school. I can remember looking at the house with my mom when we were deciding which house to buy. We fell in LOVE with the curtains and the windows... light...

Last Friday, my brother picked me up at the airport and my Grandmother surprised me and was in the truck! I was so excited. And... it just kept coming. We drove by mom's school... Mom is one tough lady - 7th grade English in Houston... I don't know how she does it....

  I'm back in Arizona with my babies! So good to be home. Mom flew home with me, so I didn't have to fly alone on my birthday! I am spoiled (rotten, I know!). Dad and brother BJ will be here tomorrow. They are driving in and bringing me a sewing machine!! So excited!!...

  Leaving home for a few days... I'm headed to Corpus to see my Grandfather for his 90th... (Thank you April at JaneSays for the precious towels!) I am going to miss my babies... I hope they miss me too! (Thank you, Meg at Whatever for the amazing pillows!) But I know...

  I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. ~ Mother Theresa   If you judge people, you have no time to love them. I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. In this life we cannot do great things. We...

Treasure, texture and encouragement all wrapped up in a sealed envelope. Shame on those bills for cluttering our beautiful mailboxes. Wouldn't it be  nice to have one mailbox for letters and gifts ~ all the happy mail and another mailbox for bills and advertisements?...