Author: thirdstoryies

A few weekends ago our family went camping with our regular camping family friends. We try to get away each spring and fall, and we always find new places to explore. We finally found a few moments to transfer around some photos, and as I’m looking at them now I’m getting more and more excited…

The first week of May is our busiest week of the year. Many of the things we hold dear have major fundraisers this week – We Stories, the girls’ elementary school soiree, and the Sparkle Run. So our hearts and hands and brains are all over the place right now. Forgive the brevity here. If…

I was getting my hair cut earlier this week, and the salon chair is always a great place for conversation. Somehow our talking turned to my grandparents – I think maybe we were talking about this post I wrote recently about my grandfather’s poetry, but at some point it turned to my grandmother’s numerous talents….