First thought coffee, right? I do love coffee, but I am speaking about my morning smoothie. For various reasons, my adult daughter and I are sharing living quarters. She is a very healthy eater, and every morning she mixes up a smoothie full of healthy ingredients for me. Sometimes cherry banana, very berry, chocolate banana, each one delicious. Greens and supplements also added. Yummo!!

The wind whispers. The trees speak. The birds sing. They all have the same message: “Let go and Trust. Everything is okay. You are loved....

To simply, ‘be’; Is to sit within, Finding Compassion For the way things are Today~ To place another upon the cross, Is to believe in their goodness~ Forgive yourself For what you have done That is gone Tomorrow is open and new As morning And stars awake, Laughing and dreaming~ “Kiss today goodbye and point me toward tomorrow’; A familiar song I hear, even now . . .

Thank you Linda Seccaspina xox Today I got my copy of Screamin’ Mamas Magazine in from Florida. I look forward to it each time I get it....

Toddler Tales of Turmoil I used to wonder anytime I went out and saw a kid dressed in some mismatched crazy outfit, “What was that parent thinking?” Well……. now I know! It wasn’t the parents outfit, it was the kids! I’m on my 5th child and only now do I fight every morning trying to give her something to put on. She’s only two and already the most independent toddler I’ve ever come across. So from now on if my child wants to ...

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Teenage Tales of Terror! I just took an extended lunch, went to the mall, had to park far away, walked about two blocks in 91° weather...

Yes I admit it. I am a “cat lady”. After my youngest son left the nest for college, I just happened to drive by an animal shelter. My...

So I catch my darling daughter using my brush yesterday. I tell her to be sure to put it back in my room. We've had this discussion many...

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the most beautiful blog ever… My wonderful daughter. Today is your birthday. I still remember the moments of your birth like it was...

We’re sounding off the trumpets for a Happy 4th of July!!! The Dinner Horn, Winslow Homer, 1870, via wiki commons

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A good day usually starts about 5AM. I figure I can get some writing done, wash some dishes and straighten up the house before the kids...