There's something about the spot, just around Vicksburg, where the Mississippi river meanders like an antebellum belle traversing a veranda, that attracts my kids. We've been there 947 times, literally. We've stopped on…

There are pictures to go with this here but don't look until you read. :) And for the record, I am not one bit exaggerating. Billy The Kid Outlaw Museum $1.00, scared me more than anything else. It sits right off I-…

I'd thought about these moments when my children were little. Those late at night sleepless times, trying to drift off, knowing wee cries would wake me soon enough for it not to be worth it. So thinking instead on anyt…

I counted down the months today. April, May, June, July. Only four... my stomach twisting into a tight knot of regret. I wish I hadn't counted."How long now Mama," she's asked for the last year. I replied with a mad…

Protected squirrel update below. So sweet. (Let me know if you can't see. I'm just hiding it from small eyes) So precious, the sound of joy in my child's voice when she finally checked her email. Now to find some squi…