I came from a time when kids basically raised themselves because our parents were usually at work. I had a single mother so I was a latch key kid from way back. A latch key kid was one who wore the key to their house on a key ring. Mine was attached to the front […]
What Spring Break Means For Mom
I was born in Tennessee. When I was six years old my mother moved us down to small town Alabama. Having a young, single mother meant that we were usually slightly broker than flat broke. My mother worked two jobs just to make ends meet. For about a year we had to live with my […]
A Beach Trip is Just What the Girlfriends Ordered
That was as small as I could crop the picture and still get all of my hair in the frame. This picture was taken on my first ever girl’s trip. It was right after high school graduation. That face was because I was in Panama City Beach, Florida, and probably way too young to be […]
My Fear Of Wax Figures
I am on a spring break trip with my family. I must say, it is one of the best things about life. We only have them for so long before they are grown and gone. Except maybe for that one who lives in your basement, until he’s thirty. I will never regret a dollar spent […]
How To Madly Prepare For A Beach Vacation
I love the ocean. It causes me to have bouts of tranquility. I am zero percent Zen. But if I ever was, I left it by the oceanside. The problem is I don’t live close to the ocean. So if I want to experience it, there has to be a whole production. My husband likes […]
A Lackluster Spring Break To Remember
Another Spring Break is in the history books. We aren’t usually those people who take their kids on multiple trips a year. We do try to squeeze in a summer vacation every year. But we have four kids. And four kids are both expensive and exhausting. So we usually spend spring break home or taking […]
