I value my friends.  My life is richer because I have friends.  I have about five call-in-the-middle-of-the-night friends. I know women who have many, many friends and they all keep up with each others lives.  They call, send cards, text, email, Facebook, twitter and whatever else is our there.  I envy that.  I want that–sometimes….

I’m not the best photographer.  But this idea I love–we were all on the beach and I noticed that my littlest and his shadow where the same size–so I took pictures of all the kids holding hands with their shadows . . . then I had this big idea–if I take their picture with them…

I’m the baby in the family.  I’m the only girl.  I waited the longest to get married.  I had my kids later in life. I’ve been defined by others my entire life.  Sometimes I have enjoyed the roles, other times not. One morning (in my mid-40’s) I woke up and everything seemed different.  I wanted…