Planning Time

With all the rain we’ve had here in Tennessee lately, it’s hard to believe that the growing season is just around the corner.

But the buds on trees and the seed catalogs in the mail tell a different story, and so it’s with excitement and some trepidation that we look forward to spring.

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How Blessed We Are

On Christmas Eve, the unthinkable happened. Dad had just left on a last minute trip, while Mom and I began a quick tidy of the house before my grandma and great-aunt arrived for a holiday meal. All was well. We had the soup in the roaster, desserts in the fridge and the kids were playing quietly in their room with Legos. It was a snapshot of Christmas cheer fit for Currier and Ives, modern edition. Until…disaster struck.

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