My grandson King turns 7 years old today.
King is the son of my older son, Trey, and his wife, Kinsey. They are the “Nashville family” while my younger son, Brett, …
The 2021 kindergarten dilemma
School is in full swing, and the transition from last year’s necessary chaos hasn’t been easy for parents or children.
It has been an area of frequent conversation for grandparents, too, …
Wanted: Post-Christmas sleigh and reindeer
I am having a little trouble with Christmas Magic.
Actually, the problem is keeping the Christmas Magic I promote and try to create from my grandchildren (and anyone else who comes …
Magic boredom busters in the kitchen
The endless rain has made us all restless. If you have been entertaining children or grandchildren, restless won’t even begin to cover it.
My bag of tricks for entertaining children had …
Grandson visit encourages silly Gigi
A visit from my namesake grandson, Gardner, filled our house with joy last week. Gardner, one of the two Seattle grandsons, is 3 years old. He came to town “on …
In celebration of beautiful writing
One of the things – and maybe the ONLY thing – I love about winter is the permission it gives us to hunker down and do whatever we want to …