I stood right next to the First Lady of the United States. I took the microphone from her and thanked her and Dr. Jill Biden for visiting the Operation Shower event. I Introduced Martha Stewart to a roomful of beautiful, military moms-to-be. I joked with Martha’s ‘people’ about my assumption that Ms. Stewart was likely not a hugger (I was… View Post
Where my heart is….
My small people? They are wise. Too wise. Wise enough to recognize my absence and brave enough to pretend it is all ok. But I can see we are wading into new territory. I’ve traveled before. Three days here. The odd weekend there… but never like this. Never gone more than I am home. For a while when I only… View Post
Libby’s Back to the Table Jingle Contest with Jewel
At least an hour – that’s how much time we spend sitting around our dinner table each night. Sure, I spend at least half of that time encouraging my small people to remain on their bottoms and to continue eating – we are a chatty bunch – but I know there will come a time when they are crouched, wolfing… View Post
Operation Shower – Red, White and Coo at Camp Lejeune
A Baby-Shower-In-A Box…. This is what LeAnn Morrissey and her friends like Amy Belle Aisle provide each time they host an Operation Shower event. But what they are really doing is changing lives. They are standing in front of dozens of women…. each of them, the pregnant wife of a soldier serving our military – each of them currently going… View Post
That time my buddy screamed and NO ONE cared….
It started softly…. the way an ambulance approaches from behind. You hear the whining as it increases, piercing the part of your heart that knows someone, somewhere is suffering. And in a split second a warning goes off in your brain that looks a little like this: You-are-inside-that-isn’t-a-siren-that-is-a-CHILD-WHERE-IS-YOUR-COOPER-he-went-to-the-bathroom-OH-MY-GOD-THAT-IS-MY-CHILD-SCREAMING! COOPER! I yell….. And just like that Jeff and I trip over… View Post
And the Greatest of these is Love: A gift of heart and community
We called it a drop. But it was really more like a flood. A flood of love, of community, of down-and-dirty heart. For a full day, Katie Howard, someone I am proud to call a friend, was wrapped in a cocoon of love so tightly, I’m certain the light I saw in her was part relief, part comfort and all… View Post
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