Lessons I hope I taught my daughters over the past 38 years or so!
Category: Happiness
Winds of Change + Prime Rib & Hamburger Beef Barley Soup
So, we have decided to sell our house and I am finding myself being both terrified and excited at once. I had a recent conversation with my oldest and I was saying that I’m just ready to get this done…….get the house ready, pick a realtor, sell the house, etc, ec. And she said that’s…
My Action Plan for MS Flares & Smoked Burnt Ends Pork Belly
Why having an action plan to deal with an MS flare-up is vital…….because flares will happen. There will be times that your disease is chaotic and you may need to navigate some choppy water and when that happens, you should be prepared. A flare-up, in simple terms, is a period of time when symptoms of…
The Teacher has Become the Student & Yummy Can’t Be Beat Salmon Loaf
Isn’t it great when your kids grow up and start teaching you lessons? Are you brave enough to hear them?
My 2023 Word(s) of the Year plus Bean Soup and Sweet Skillet Cornbread
Why set a word of the year? For me, a word (or words) will be used as a guiding light to provide me with a sense of direction as I go forward into the next 12 months, kind of like a north star to come back to when I feel like I’m faltering or losing…
Little Known Facts about Moi and Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup
Some fun prompts I have discovered to help me in my writing journey and some of the best soup I’ve made to date!
Angry No More
As I do every year on this date (usually a couple of weeks before August 19th actually), I find myself in a time of reflection regarding the loss of my mom. That’s not to say that I don’t think about her other times through the year, but the weeks leading up to her birthday, my…
From Lemons to Lemonade & My Favourite Zesty Lemon Loaf
Today, as I’m fumbling along trying to get 1 simple task completed (which by the way is a plan I have adopted recently…….1 task to completion per day and I can consider the day a success), anyway, while fumbling along today, I decided that the time was right to reflect on what I have learned…
I’ve Grown Up With You
To say I’ve grown up with my husband is probably an understatement of epic proportions
Ready to Travel? Not before trying this Roasted Butterflied Chicken or Turkey!
Wherever in the world you may be, I imagine that you’ve either been in a complete lockdown, partial lockdown, or some sort of quarantine for the past several years, I know we have. With the world as we know it grinding to a halt and pretty much all travel cancelled, It’s been 2 long years since…