Author Archives: Charmadawn

This is JR. He is a 12 year old Yellow Labrador Retriver. He has been part of our family since he was 6 weeks old. His official name is Moses Burning Bush Jr. But we just call him J.R.  JR … Continue reading →

Facebook provides “On this Day” option. It shows you things that have happened in the past years. I enjoy looking back and seeing things that might not have been easily remembered.  Today, this picture showed up on my Facebook “On … Continue reading →

The men in my family are a breed of their own. They are humble and difficult at the same time. They are protectors and Daddy’s. They work ridiculously hard and sometimes even when we say “stay in” they don’t because … Continue reading →

Day 2 at the Hope Hospital proved successful.  While the first day held luggage toting and mayhem. The second day brought a little more calmness but needs became aware. Some of our friends were running out of clean clothes.  So … Continue reading →

It’s weird that we would never just sit on the front porch in the total darkness if it wasn’t for the lack of electricity? Our world  is so full of hustle and bustle that silence is sacred. Sacred I say … Continue reading →

Two days after Hurricane Irma barreled through our town, there are people in shelters. People that are being moved from one shelter to another so that schools can be prepared for children to return. Two of the shelters are for … Continue reading →

Irma is blustering through our town. She has changed her course many times as she has barreled her way westward, then north, then eastern and then back north again. It’s 1:30am as I sit in the closet. The power went … Continue reading →

We have prepared and prepared and prepared some more. Today is the day Hurricane Irma  arrives  I wake and the rest of our  house is quiet. Not even a baby is awake at 6:21am. It’s raining but the wind is … Continue reading →

I do not and have never claimed to be a fashionista. I frequently listen and read some fashion bloggers who shop and offer encouragement and advise to their readers. They shop almost every day. They try on outfit after outfit … Continue reading →

You are 4 months old today.  I am so grateful for an outlet to write about your first months of life. To hold close the memories of where you are and how you’ve gotten here. Here you are on Day … Continue reading →