by Heather | May 26, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 19: Gardens are Great Yeah, so if you’ve read my blog before, you probably noticed that I write about gardening a lot. Well, maybe not so much lately, because I’m a total slacker–I have blogs planned, I just need to squeeze them into my day. But...
by Heather | May 25, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 18: Judge Not Okay, first, I need to quailfy that statement. When I had foster kids I had a teenager who was upset one of the neighbors wouldn’t let their daughter go with my foster daughter and her mom to a concert. She was upset because she felt like my...
by Heather | May 24, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 17: Cinnamon Rolls were Invented for Long Trips Okay so maybe that’s not true, maybe they were just invented because they are dang good, but in any case, we often had them on campouts or on long car rides, especially if we were going to leave really early in...
by Heather | May 23, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 16: There’s Always Room for Music I did mention, didn’t I that we used to sing when we went on long car rides. My poor husband thinks we’re all a bit nuts, and gives me worried sideways looks when I try to liven up our trips by singing. Well, he...
by Heather | May 22, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 15: Take Time to Relax So a few days ago I talked about what a hard worker my mom is, but she isn’t all work (it just seems that way sometimes). My parents like to take their trailer out several times during the summer just to get away so they can take a...
by Heather | May 21, 2009 | Blog, Lessons Learned from Mom
Day 14: Keep in Touch Okay, so I played with titles for this post for way too long, but you’ll get the picture soon enough. The year I graduated from high school I had six cousins go on missions–three sets of siblings, all her sisters’ kids. Mom was...