There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ~Guy Gavriel Kay After Kyle’s birthday celebration I found…
Story of one boy changing my life
Tag: Travels
When you set sail for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventures, full of knowledge. ~Constantinos P. Cavafis It’s no secret…
From February Till Now, A Summary of Kyle
Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. ~J.D. Salinger I can’t believe how long it’s been since I released a…
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Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ~Ursula K. Le Guin…
Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music,…
My life is like tofu—it’s what gets added that makes it interesting. ~Angela Johnson Last Wednesday, I took Kyle and his friend on A Visit…
Pittsburgh – Night Out in the Big City Vol. 1
Sometimes I make bad decisions. ~Heather Piper It’s funny how a simple conversation with someone can bring back memories nearly forgotten. Throughout my life, I’ve…
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Cruising the Open Seas
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. ~Kate Chopin Summer has arrived and has consumed all of my time. Between Thrill of the…
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I Met Annabelle!
There’s things that happen in a person’s life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there’s no forgetting them. …
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You couldn’t relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole–like the world,…
I’ve helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It’s a…
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld…
The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time. …
An Ice-Cream Cone Story
A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. ~Ruth K. Westheimer Kyle, what else can I say? He is too much, and sometimes the…
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What It Takes to Move a Tree Stand … Continued
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ~Ephesians 6:4 With my previous…
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What It Takes to Move a Tree Stand
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, An…
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Who Does Kyle Favor More, Aunt Heather?
Aunt She isn’t my mother. She isn’t my sister. She’s one of the family Who’s more like a friend. Aunt She has fun with me,…
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Buckwheat Pancakes
I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around. ~Kelly Ripa…
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Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. ~Clint Eastwood Respect is something…
Cooking with Kyle – Aunt Nikki’s Hors d’oeuvres
“If you knew how to cook, maybe I would eat,” Jace muttered. Isabelle froze, her spoon poised dangerously. “What did you say?” Jace edged toward…
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