I saw this on another blog today and had to jot it down for posterity... Before you were conceived I wanted you; Before you were born I loved you; Before you were here an hour I would die for you; This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins I...

Here are some photos from yesterday when Andy served as a guest speaker in Samantha's Latin class: I was so impressed. He was articulate, comfortable, interesting, and boy, does he know his stuff. He gave them a detailed history of the background of...

Recently, Molly (age 14) told me that one of her friends thinks Johnny Depp is hot. "Eww," she told me, "How could she like him? He's old!" I told her Patrick Dempsey (who is from Maine, I might add, and who is equally as hot as Johnny Depp -...

Here's what we have to do every other day... until further notice. I'm just glad Samantha isn't faint-hearted about such things. She would make a great vet. Animals love her and she really knows how to calm them. The rest of the family isn't much...

I opted not to blog about our dog dying back at Christmas. It was hard - much harder than I'd have imagined - and I just didn't want to share it here. One of these days I'm going to put the story up, with some pics, but today isn't that day. Today,...