Category Archives: Inner Circle

I recently spent the weekend out on my in-law’s farm.  And normally when that happens, I come home with some funny event or interesting farm fact.  However, this weekend, while I painted the huge cylindrical tanks where fuel is stored, … Continue reading →

Many months ago, I was told a very disappointing story about an elementary student who brought a water gun to school.  Another student had soaked this child with a water bottle the day before, and he brought the gun with … Continue reading →

This past weekend my family and I took part in a city-wide sponsored cleanup, which left me with cracks in my fingers and a twinge in my lower back, but hey, I got a t-shirt out of it.  A very … Continue reading →

In the movie Tangled, is a horse named Maximus.  The animal may have four legs, but his behavior matches my youngest child to a tee.  Just as Maximus allows others to ride him when he feels like it, my strong-willed son allows … Continue reading →

On Friday, my husband drove our family out of the Las Vegas Valley for the final time.   All our worldly possessions were already packed and gone, on their way to our new home in Wyoming, yet I kept craning my … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I find moving to be an exhausting, pain-in-the-butt experience.  The phone calls, the emails, the checking and rechecking dates just to get ourselves from point A to B takes an enormous amount of coordinating.  … Continue reading →

“You write, have a daycare, constantly volunteer in your community.  Yet, your house is clean and you seem so put together.  How do you do it?” People have asked me on more than one occasion.  “If they only knew,” I … Continue reading →

Without a running partner this week, I spent my early morning workouts in a pool rather than carving a path on the surrounding streets where I live.  Most of the time, the pool was a quiet escape from the stress … Continue reading →

This week, I have tried hard to focus on the positives in my life.  Yes, my husband is still losing his job in fifty days or so.  And no, we still haven’t found one to replace it.  But the constant … Continue reading →

This week my husband was informed his job will be ending in sixty days.  This will be the second time we will experience life without employment in less than three and half years.  The second time we will be thrown … Continue reading →