I wrote this last year for my Dad’s birthday and it is still true today You were the first man in my life, the measure against which every boy was held. *found one!* You taught me about life and parenting through laughter and love. I have grown and learned the most, not from your perfection,…
Okay, so y’all know that I went to Los Angeles this weekend and went to The March of Dimes walk and The Grilled Cheese Invitational. The fabulous people at Kraft Singles put me up at The Standard Hotel in Downtown LA. This is definitely above ‘The Standard’ and way different from anywhere I have stayed…
Pictures will come later. I was there. I saw the sea of purple, even more beautiful.. the sea of purple shirts adorned with golden curls, brilliant smile and laughing, sparkling blue eyes. I saw strength and grace and love today. Heather and Mike speaking for Maddie and all children at the LA March of Dimes…
~ Billy Currington *song can be heard here
Right now 2:30 PST/4:30CST. A mother and father are burying their only child. Right now this picture is going up all over the world to show support from those of us who can’t be there. We stand together , we cry together, we are one. Join us as we pray, love and honor the little…
Today the blogosphere, the internetz, the city of LA and countless cities around the country and the world will turn purple. All in honor and remembrance of one brilliant, passionate, bright eyed, lash fluttering, giggling little girl. Madeline Alice Spohr. Maddie. There will be purple toes, purple shirts, purple bracelets, purple blogs, purple twitter pages…
November 11, 2007 – April 7, 2009 I had a post for today about kids and laughter and things they do to embarass you. It has been put on hold. My darling, strong, beautiful amazing friend Heather has lost her gorgeous, funny, spunky little daughter, Maddie. I want to write a beautiful post, something amazing,…
It is official that I am a kickball coach/mom and my daughter, is a baller… a kickballer that is. She has got legs and those muscular little legs were made for kickball. We have opening ceremonies and pictures tomorrow morning so there will be many more pictures and I’m sure stories to follow. Hosted by…
With 38 entries, a couple of double entries equaling 42 total entries The Winner of this fantastically delicious basket of goodness is: The American Homemaker Congratulations!!!! E-mail me your mailing address and tell me which of the selections you wanted and we’ll get your goodie basket right out to you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have some great…
Did you know that today is Oreo’s 97th birthday? These crisp chocolate and decadent cream cookies are as much a part of the fabric of our lives as apple pie, ice cream and milk. When you say chocolate and cream, people think Oreo. Happy Birthday Oreo! You look amazing dah-ling. So, raise your milk cups…
This is my best picture of the week and sadly, it was taken with my iPhone because at a birthday party last night the Canon angrily flashed red and gray error messages at me every time I tried to take a picture. I tried everything I could think of and then resorted to calling Canon….
There were many experiences at BlissDom that made me laugh, some until I cried, some that inspired me and some that just touched my heart. Then there was the special preview that we got of Yanni Voices and that, that touched my soul. The music spoke to the very core of my being, it was…