Two firsts in one trip. The getaway was planned a year ago. My sons and I wanted to experience the Great North American Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. The plan was to get to the nearest driving location within the path of totality. We rented a lake cottage on the shores of Lake Ontario … More A Mach E Solar Eclipse Getaway & Rochester Review
This new year is starting out full of promise and hope. So did last year, but as the months went on, the expectations began to fizzle. Despite our best efforts to meet our goals for our new home-to-be, as 2023 drew to an end, we were feeling deflated. Our driveway was not in place, delaying … More Switching Gears
And Easters and Thanksgivings and New Years celebrated in this NJ home of ours. There will be a 26th Easter. Will there be a 26th Thanksgiving and Christmas? Since January of this year my husband and I have been planning for the construction of our retirement home in beautiful Northeastern Pennsylvania. The year is now … More Twenty-Five Christmases
So many names and titles are used by Christians to refer to the mother of Jesus. From simply Mary to Mother Mary, Virgin Mary, Blessed Virgin, Holy Mary and on and on with all the various titles that begin with “Our Lady of ” (such as Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Kibeho, etc). One of the titles … More Our Lady of All Nations
A new normal is now happening. The younger of my two sons has just officially soared off. Now that they’re both on their own, I am feeling their “goneness”. I’m in that state of happily satisfied to have raised such good young men, so very proud of them as I see their lives taking off, … More My nest is empty
The wedding dress that is. The one that made me feel like a princess on my wedding day and has sat in its box from the cleaners since 1994. Opened only once on my 10th wedding anniversary. Sitting and waiting for what? For the off chance that some special young lady would want it one … More Saying good-bye to the dress
I’m not one for moving. I moved several times growing up, not just between homes but also between countries. As an adult I moved once upon getting married into our first home together, where hubby and I lived for the first four years of our marriage. That was a relatively easy move as I didn’t … More Home Sweet Home
That was the question my friend posed to me when I called her to ask about the winters up north in Vermont. In my last post I shared about the trip hubby and I took to Lake Champlain and how it led to a decision for our future. Once back home in NJ, we continued … More Have you heard of mud season?
A week in Vermont gave us much more than vacation memories. It nudged us toward an unexpected epiphany… We’d never been to the Green Mountain State. We’re attracted to scenic mountains and lakes, rivers, forests, pretty much any natural setting showcasing the beauty of God’s creation. A previous trip to Lake George and the Adirondacks … More A getaway turned life choice?
July 2022 makes it almost a year since my last post. What a year of blessings it’s been. After the Covid isolation, we were able to enjoy a visit from my parents who traveled in from Portugal for an extended eight-week visit. My brother’s fiancée also arrived from UK and we gathered everyone together on … More My Best Life
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