Have you noticed, it’s been awhile since I’ve said anything about the ABLE Act. Independence Day reminded me that I need to remind all of you and more importantly, Congress that is time to get this bill passed. Congressman […]
Last week our church youth participated in Centrifuge (Fuge) Camp on the campus of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO. Fuge Camps have been around for about 30 years and are operated under the umbrella of Lifeway Student Ministries. In […]
I’ve been busy so this will be short. Just keep thinking about this though. A few weeks ago we had dance recital. Rachel has always taken dance at a typical dance studio. We love the studio where she dances. They […]
My husband Jonathan forwarded this blog to me earlier this week. I was surprised and honored. I shouldn’t have been because Jonathan meets a lot of interesting people in his work for Sedgwick. And Rachel. Well, Rachel hooks a lot […]
Melina and Rachel had never met in person. Melina lives in the Chicago suburbs. Rachel is a Sassy Midwest Southern Gal (that’s a transplant from Memphis) living in the suburbs of Kansas City. Melina is Jewish. Rachel is Christian. Both […]
Rachel’s birthday is later this week. You may know that already because Rachel loves birthdays and especially loves her own birthday. She plans it year round. A few years ago we celebrated her 13th birthday on our Disney Cruise. On […]
The last few weeks of the school year I was in a funk. Usually I know what precipitates my “funk” but I really couldn’t pinpoint it this time. Perhaps it was related to Rachel’s emotions due to her boy craziness […]
Today is Rachel’s last day of middle school. Please indulge me as I summarize our Middle School experience and our efforts for transition to High School with this “Dear Rachel” letter. Dear Rachel, Three years have passed too quickly! Yet […]
It is our last week of middle school. I’m not sure how that happened and later this week I will post “High School Here We Come” with some of the thoughts on what we have done. Today, I find myself […]
Now, we interrupt the transition to high school for a Sporting KC Victory Project moment. Because of Rachel, we have had the opportunity to do some pretty cool things. She has fished with Bill Dance. Her picture has been on […]