I got you Mom

 I know my mom loved her family. Really loved her family with her whole heart. I thought I understood. I really thought I did until I felt the depth of it. Til I watched my son as a man and father. Until I noticed his eyes so full of love that his eyes seemed a softer brown. Until I watched his sisters put their own comfort behind to be there for him and his family. Until I felt my grandson kick as his mother held his cousin. I understand so much more now...

What the Duck

 Early this morning the dogs wanted to go outside so I let them out as I stubbled to the coffee pot. Before i had even made it there,  a huge ruckus commenced in the front yard. There was hissing and barking and quacking and howling -the likes I had never heard before. When I made it outside, I saw the dogs barking at Daffy the Duck and I had intended to punish them, but as I got closer, I noticed that Daffy was giving as much as he was getting. Quacking to rile up the dogs and hissing when he wouldn't get a response. Poor Harley stuck his nose through the fence to get a sniff and Daffy tweeked his nose. 

Dear Parker

 Dearest Parker,

Your parents have waited nine months to meet you. I've waited a lifetime. Sometimes I thought I never would get the opportunity to meet you...but tonight I did and I'm so very glad I did. You're beautiful.  Perfect. I love how well your parents worked together.

Waterfall #1 2022

 I'm just so happy with myself.  January was just barely ending and I ventured out to a waterfall. Cornelius Falls inn Heber Springs with my lovely daughter Lauren.