our fam jam
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I’ve written in the past about how much I love Ann Voskamp’s work. I find her writing just beautiful and her books and blog posts speak to me in so many ways. Her first book, released ten years ago, One Thousand Gifts, focuses on eucharesteo – the greek word for thanksgiving, whose roots are thanksgiving,… Read more
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As you can see, yesterday was a super fun day in my world. After a long long (LONG) time contending with massive GI symptoms, I had stalled as long as I could and I had to have an endoscopy and colonoscopy. First, let me say that I have no problem actually having the procedure –… Read more
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Way back in 1997, when I graduated high school, I wanted to go to Mississippi State – and had made several visits and had scholarships – but life got in the way and it just didn’t work out. I was crushed. (I dug out my senior year scrapbook and found these.) Of course, back then,… Read more
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I don’t know about y’all but my social media feeds – as well as my email inbox with all of its news updates – can be pretty unpleasant these days. The election news is so stressing, there is a massive COVID disinformation campaign that is just making me so freaking angry, and, in the meantime,… Read more
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The thing about chronic illness is that I truly never know what’s coming – and I never know what will be the thing that will just lay me out. I’ve been MIA because of an ailment that started with a resistant sinus infection. While unpleasant, I’ve had chronic sinusitis literally my entire life and I… Read more
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In Joan Didion’s memoir, Blue Nights, about her daughter Quintana’s life and death, she wrote of toasting Quintana and her new husband, Gerry, on their wedding day, six months before the illness that would ultimately claim Quintana’s life began, saying: We wished them happiness, we wished them health, we wished them love and luck and beautiful… Read more
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Happy Early Thursday, y’all! So, it’s been a bit since I’ve posted due to: The sinus plague. Even my Sara Bug got sick – and that hasn’t happened in a very long time. Yuck. Working on a major project. I have gone through my writer’s notebooks from the past several years, extracting my notes I’ve… Read more
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What. A. Week. It’s seen two hospital trips – the GI bleed on Monday, then another on Wednesday for an infection in my hand. Like other infections I’ve dealt with, that started with a minor scrape on my hand on a hinge in a cabinet. I immediately cleaned and bandaged the wound – but it… Read more
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Lately, when I’m really having a good COVID-19 freak out – and when I really read the latest Scary Things sometimes I do – I have learned to take a moment of pause and remember one of the most fabulous ladies I’ve ever known, my dear Grandmother’s mother, my great Grandmother Humphries. She was sweet… Read more
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Today, it’s time for an overdue, Quaran-Love List. There is always much to be thankful for. ❤ Among my many blessings, I am giving gratitudes this weekend for. . . A wonderful talk with my bestie yesterday. She and her lovely husband have a big weekend of great things that they so deserve and I… Read more
