Feb 14, 2017
She said, “Yes!” Actually, she said, “Oh my gosh! Yes!” Last weekend our youngest son, Lucas, proposed to his girlfriend, Abbey. While engagement excitement captures them—all of us actually, I’m still thinking about that simple word… “Yes!” It’s on cakes, balloons and...
May 31, 2016
I cut into a perfectly grilled steak at the moment the waitress tucked the pad in her pocket and paused at our table. She overheard that it was our anniversary. I was hoping she paused to offer a free dessert for our special occasion. Instead, she paused to receive...
Feb 2, 2016
It’s February already! Since Valentine’s Day is around the corner, today I’m going to share some insights about love from one of our favorite life philosophers, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. My husband has loved them since he was a kid—he still has a Peanuts bed...
May 29, 2015
Twenty-eight years ago today Gary and I said “I do” to love and life together. Since that day we’ve added four kids, and a few dogs, birds, turtles and gerbils–that’s what I get for marrying a veterinarian. This fall, though, we’ll be back to...
Feb 14, 2014
I was a city girl studying at LSU when I noticed a country boy in Veterinarian school who always wore cowboy boots. Our beginning should have been an indicator of the long list of “opposites” that we would accumulate in our relationship. They abound. I like all...
