I love trees.  I find that trees are such a true beauty of nature.  They have a beautiful, unseen, deep root system that ties them to the earth, but then, in complete opposite character, they stretch their branches toward the heavens.  Trees don’t change.  They are rooted.  They are grounded.  They just stay right there […]

This morning I was getting ready for work.  It was at the crack of dawn (almost) and I was so tired that I could hardly keep my head out of a fog.  Kevin came over to the bathroom door and said, “Emily, I need to talk to you.”  He seemed very serious.  He kept on, […]

Here’s to the first man who ever loved me: my dad. Thank you for teaching me that there’s a place for everything and everything in it’s place. Thank you for sitting cross-legged with little me in your lap and rolling backwards and around and around in big circles all over the living room floor. Thank […]

I rarely, if ever, request that you read things for me. I am, however, requesting that you read this for you. This woman has touched me in more ways than you can imagine.  I have spent most of the morning reading her stories and looking at her pictures.  I would say more about her, but […]

They are not only gorgeous, but great troopers.  We battled high humidity and sweat and stickiness, but I think it was worth it.  Little L just turned 1 and Brandon & Nikki just had their 5th anniversary.   I grew up over at Brandon’s house almost as much as mine since our parents were best friends. […]

For some reasons, people are especially irritable on Fridays.  Janene & I knew it was going to be one of those Fridays from the get-go this morning.  Whether they were patients on the phone or coming in for appointments, they were huffy and grouchy.  We looked at each other, raised our eyebrows, and said, “Ooohhh […]