Blue Raspberry Sky

One of my childhood faves I have a vivid imagination. Always have! I will tell you, I do come by it honestly. My Grandmother tells stories of my Dad tucking a sheet into his shirt, climbing to the roof, and jumping off, believing he was Superman. No broken bones, he just figured out that you really had to be from the planet Krypton in order to fly. Well, already being predisposed to this type of fanciful imagination, I remember a few important movies/TV shows that effected my play. In the pool, I would only swim with my feet together, kicking like Darryl Hannah in  Splash . I wasn't in the pool in the back yard or at a pool party... I was a beautiful mermaid swimming in the depths of the ocean near the city of Atlantis. How I loved to watch my hair float around my face! I could swim for hours that way, completely oblivious to the antics of the other kids around me. Then there was  Star Wars ! I had my favorite white t-shirt I had taken from my dad's chest of dra...

Lester Langley WWII Army Sergeant  Before he met and married my grandma. I have a lot of stress in my life right now.  Things aren't going so hot with my boys.  There are days I feel like I'm going to crack in half.  Life isn't always easy, and sometimes, it's downright hard.  I find my mind thinking about my grandpa a lot lately.  A LOT.  I don't even know what to say, and this is my meme!  I just know that I miss him.  He died when I was sixteen and I think I've grieved ever since.   10 things I hope my kids remember about  him when I'm gone: 1.  I loved him so very much.  He made me a Winnie the Pooh house when I was two.  I kept it until a dog destroyed it about 7 years ago.  He sang "You Are My Sunshine" to my sister and I...  and also played it and other tunes on the harmonica. 2.  Once when I was three (and remember it to this day) I ran into the kitchen because I thou...

Monday at the chiropractor's I had an epiphany. This guy is trying to straighten out my spine, which is twisted (scoliosis) and is why I have so much lower back pain, sciatic nerve issues, knee and ankle issues, and so forth. It's nuts! He did what I call his "karate chop" on my... it's not the pelvis but starts with an "S".... anyway, he did this incredibly painful but amazing thing that he does, and then I got up from the "torture table" and he was reassuring me that because it had been twisted for so long he needed to redo and redo and redo until my body decides, "Hey, I'm getting kinda used to this new way of a straightened spine." Which I already knew - this kind of healing takes time and diligence. But as he was talking I had this epiphany about new habits. I was thinking of how many times I have had to renew my dedication to something before it really became a part of me. And how many times do we have to repent...

2015 2 years old My son was diagnosed with autism the year of 2016 in the month of October.  It's been an interesting road.  He is a joy, and I feel lucky to have him in my life.  I also get exhausted physically, emotionally, and mentally at times.  Milestones with him are different than other kids his age.  One that I got excited about was when the preschool teacher told me he was playing alongside the other kids.  Not with them, but alongside them, which after months and months of flat out ignoring them, was an incredible milestone.   Also, he has learned to play peek-a-boo!  He's always loved playing that game, but his version was sitting under the blanket or hiding in a curtain giggling and stimming until you exposed him by pulling off the blanket or unwrapping the curtain.  He would just laugh, and laugh and laugh!  Last month he was sitting next to me on the couch and covered his eyes.  Apparently I took to lon...

Today I took this photo for my mom. 56 lbs lighter Back in late May/early June my mother came up to see the kids perform in the Idaho Falls Temple Cultural Celebration.  It was really a cool show, and I'm super happy my kids were able to participate.  Anyway, while she was here she gave me BOXES of smaller clothes. That's significant, because at the time I was "just slightly" too big for them, and "in a few months" I "should" be able to fit in them.  There are still some sitting in the back of the closet, including a skirt I adore that I bought myself before I ever heard of Bright Line Eating and just knew that "someday" I would wear it.  I now look at it and dream of serving Christmas dinner while wearing it. It's funny how we talk to ourselves because we're unsure of future even though we know what we want, but we also know we don't have a way to get there.  I'm so grateful for prayer, and for my Heavenly F...

Random Photo prompts are fun.  Go to your box full of photos (or that flash drive you have full of unprinted pictures) and pick one or two and write about the memory attached to it. Here's mine: Savannah and Rion 2004 Once upon a time I lived in Texas.  Seemed we'd never leave that state - after all, Texans KNOW that Texas is God's country.  Everything is better in Texas.  Why on earth would you ever leave?  Except...  there are no mountains, and that's where we felt the call to go. So we moved to Idaho.  We thought our family would respond with a sense of adventure.  We did.... until we tried settling in.  That's when we got homesick.  We went from having too much family to none.  And church culture is VERY different up here than back home.  That was a blow because we had hoped to rely on the church to help us acclimate.  We were having trouble adjusting. We also got SAD (Seasonal Affective Diso...