Photo by nagaraju gajula on Pexels.com We got out of Texas for a while. JJ, the boys, and I flew to the northeast in the summertime to visit his family for a few days, then we drove a couple states south with his mother and nephew to do some exploring. The idea was to visit… Continue reading Sweet Home Texas
My Children’s Book is Now Available in Spanish! For those of you who speak Spanish, the description is below as well as a link where it can be bought! ¡Ya publiqué mi libro de niños, El Creador de los Instrumentos y la Mandolina, en español! Abajo hay una descripción del libro junto a un vínculo… Continue reading My Children’s Book is Now Available in Spanish!
Photo by Gantas Vaiu010diulu0117nas on Pexels.com I had another post ready to share today, but it doesn’t seem appropriate in light of Charlie Kirk’s passing. Like many people in this nation, my heart has been heavy as I contemplate the life and legacy that Charlie Kirk left. I didn’t follow him closely, but I caught… Continue reading Spreading the Light
Picture from our travels in July Hello friends! I generally just jump into my blogposts, but after such a long time away, a greeting seems in order. I did not intend to leave blogging for so long. At the beginning of the summer, however, I was determined to be more intentional and more active with… Continue reading News As of Late
The flowers on the cacti in front of our local super center budded not too long ago. Their soft, yellow blossoms lasted for nearly a month, crowning the hardy succulents with beauty for a short while. When we moved here over three years ago, their blooms that spring left me feeling mesmerized. There was something… Continue reading Bloom
After a year and nearly five months, I'm pleased to announce that my first children's book is now available for purchase! If you are curious to the back story of this book, you can read about it here: The Story Behind the Story – Colleen James Publishing. Otherwise, I’ll leave you with the blurb to… Continue reading My First Children’s Book Is Available for Purchase!
Some of Liam's paintings I had been talking about hanging up his paintings for several weeks. We had an open space for his artwork in the dining room, and I painted a picture for him of what that area could be. Life seemed much too busy, however, to actually find the time to turn this… Continue reading Not Without You
https://videopress.com/v/5klXIFKs?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I uploaded this video on social media a few days ago, but I wanted to share it here, too, with everyone in my blogging community. In case you missed an earlier post about it, I have been working on getting a children's book published for a little over a year now, and I'm entering… Continue reading Video Update Regarding the Children’s Book
The certificate my son received for being on the "A" Honor Roll. I walked into the school cafeteria a minute before the awards ceremony began and searched for my son, who was sitting somewhere on the floor past the rows of parents seated at the lunch tables. Somehow, I had missed the memo about this… Continue reading Boast in This
Last year, my sister and brother-in-law stayed at our place to bring in the new year, so I made a nice brunch and came up with a list of questions for us to answer so we could reflect on the past year and prepare for the one ahead. The idea was for each person to… Continue reading Reflection Questions for the New Year
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