Grown and Flown

• You Really Are Allowed To Be Sad Over The Holidays
  When the first holiday lights start being hung around town, or we hear the first Christmas song on the radio, or we are sitting under our favorite blanket and see the first Christmas commercial on television, we always have an emotion wash over us. Sometimes that feeling is happy, warm and familiar. Sometimes it’s annoyance […]
• My Teen Is Dating And I Am An Embarrassing Future Mother-In-Law
  I knew this day would come but I didn’t think it would happen so fast. It seems like just yesterday my little boy was sitting next to me, in overalls and holding a Thomas train, gazing at me with love and affection. The day he promised to marry me made my heart sink because I […]
• The Day I Realized My Kids Love My Over the Top Christmas Decorating
  Do you decorate your house for the holidays? I love decorating my home for the holidays. Well, only two holidays really–Halloween and Christmas. For the other I may pull out a rabbit, or flag or a shamrock, but otherwise I leave well enough alone. But when it comes to decorating my house at Christmas I’m […]
• The Christmas I Had To Open A Victoria’s Secret Box In Front Of My Kids
  It’s that time of year when spouses far and wide search the far recesses of the interwebs to find the exact right gift to put under the tree. The gift that says, “In the day-to-day trenches, it’s you I want by my side.” The gift that says, “I heard what you said six months ago […]