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Author: Susan Wheeler Smith
I love Jesus, my family, and dark roast coffee with a bit of sugar and heavy cream. I live on a gorgeous lake in Southwest Virginia. I'm a bit on the sarcastic side with a whole lot of love and encouragement for women in every stage of life. I have a serious addiction to books, kitchen towels, and the Oxford comma. Welcome.
Catching up on life.
Saturday mornings are so lovely...especially when spent sleeping in with your husband of 32 years. This is what empty nesting is beginning to look like...My Girl working full time, hitting the gym, time at the stable, and squeezing in time for her fiance, we might as well BE empty nesting already. And I have to [...]
Soon…a Wedding.
I hear her singing in the kitchen as I finish up my quiet time. Praise songs…worshipping as she makes her breakfast. My happy child. My Girl. Singing has always been her morning go-to. Waking up alone in her crib she would call out, “Momma?” I don’t answer right away because I know. The singing would [...]
February, March and April.
February. A cold, snowy, bleak month. Always made bright and sunny by the birthday celebration of the one who always laughed and smiled and truly just made this world a better place. This is the first year I have not gone to the cemetery on her birthday. I thought about it. I even headed out [...]
Is it Spring yet?
Apparently, one cannot just download or "favorite" pics of yoga and workouts and healthy food and expect to lose weight. Bummer.My Man took these pictures as the great SnowMeltAgeddon2015 began this morning. This week is forecasted to be a flip flops but bring your parka kind of wacky weatherness. Yay.The Wild Boy will be home Friday [...]
This Blog.
Obviously, I am messing around with the formatting a bit. I need a change. It is actually pretty easy to change the templates here using Blogger. I could change the template and colors every day, if I wanted to.Why can't I do that with my home?Or, my wardrobe?Or, my hair color?Or, my weight?Today...I think I [...]
Counting Down.
I've been counting down to our annual beach week. I do that often. Lately, because we have had so much cold and snow and I am looking forward to being at the warm and sunny beach. But mostly because I do that...always looking forward.And not doing the now.So I started thinking about...what if I knew [...]
Welcome October!
Welcome to October and the beginning of the Holiday Season craziness! I know that some of you are going to give me crap for using "Holiday Season" on October 1, but bring it on.I love everything about October through January 1. On January 2...I'm ready for Spring. But, for those 93 days preceding, I am [...]
Hanging on for Dear Life.
Another edition of You Asked for it.So, no secret here. I sent my baby boy off to Radford University last month. It was actually much easier than I expected to leave him there, walk the two miles back to our car (if you have been involved in college move in day, you know what I'm [...]
It’s Not My Plan.
This is post number two I have started today. Post number one will eventually make it's way back to the forefront and, as a teaser, it is Part Two in my You Asked for It series and has to do with kids. That totally narrows it down for you, I know.If you are still hanging [...]
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