Navigating life as a pilot's wife and misadventurous mom.
Pin it Tweet It wasn’t until we began bickering about whose responsibility it was to do what while putting up our tree the day after Thanksgiving that I realized, this was our first Christmas tree together. As husband and wife, and as a family. After 10 years of marriage. We’ve always been on [...]
Pin it Tweet I had just dropped my mother-in-law off at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and flipped the radio on in my car when I heard the news – a small passenger jet had crashed into the World Trade Center. Immediately I thought of Danny who was flying in the same air space for [...]
Pin it Tweet We had no idea when I snapped this picture that it would be the last time Danny would return from a day of flying the C-130H Hercules with his unit at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. He’d put in nearly 20 years with the Air Force, most of them [...]
Pin it Tweet Yesterday, I heard a talk radio show host say that now that President Obama has finally produced his long-form birth certificate, Jerry Seinfeld has been vindicated for refusing to appear at a September 13th fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event is being put on by the Eric Trump Foundation. [...]
Pin it Tweet Part of Perfect Moment Mondays… We’re adjusting to Daddy being gone a lot again, after three years of having him home with us. But, this would be the first holiday we’ve navigated around his schedule. This meant he had to miss the annual Family BBQ and Easter Egg Hunt at preschool at [...]
Pin it Tweet The Saints lost today. I found out on Facebook. Where I find all my NFL news. Well, there and Twitter. Whether you want to hear about it or not, you can’t avoid the pigskin prattle. Just a simple “NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!” post from a friend tells me all I need to know. I don’t [...]
Pin it Tweet Yesterday, I was a little down. Funny how Holidays can sometimes do that to you when it’s supposed to be a time of great joy. But, then occasionally, something triggers the blues when you’re least expecting it. For me, all it took was a cheap table and some dishes to break me [...]
Pin it Tweet When Danny was sick, he received a curious book from a friend. It was titled: “Cancer on $5 a Day* *(chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.” “What a crass title,” I thought. But, being an avid reader and with nothing but time on his [...]
Pin it Tweet We are so fortunate as to have so much beauty right here in our backyard. Our recent 4-day weekend in Colorado Springs wouldn’t have been complete without a visit to 5-star hotel, The Broadmoor, home of the 2011 Women’s U.S. Open. We’re not golfers, but we could still enjoy the impeccably manicured [...]
Pin it Tweet What would summer be without a family picnic? For us, family in Colorado means friends, and especially those friends in the 302nd Airlift Wing at Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. After serving 15 years with the 302nd, flying missions in and out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and various other parts [...]
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