My Days Well-Lived

“A Babushka Pirate Named Maude”

October 24, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

A babushka pirate named Maude. What? I cannot even begin to tell you the meaning behind the title of this post. Well, let’s see… It is the last comment of a group facebook message between my daughters and me. It is actually the culmination of 3 different conversations we had going on, at the same time, during that […]

Chocolate Cookies and Her Mama

April 15, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

I was browsing in a local shop the other day, trying to find some little gifts to add to a care package I was sending off later in the day. The shop owner watched me pick up this, set down that, and then asked if she could help me find something. I smiled and said I […]