Sometimes my daughters felt their calls of “Mom” weren’t heard because whether at my dance studio, church or camp there were always children trying to get my attention. “Miss Ann, Miss Ann.” On occasion, my daughters would say “Miss Ann” or Ann Van Hine instead of Mom to get a…
Read moreThis past weekend my girls, their guys and the little guys aka my grandsons were all supposed to be together to celebrate Christmas. I had celebrated with each of my daughters’ and their families separately on or near December 25 but for all of us to be together in the…
Read moreI am not big on resolutions but I do like lists. As I thought about 2018, I concluded that I hadn’t accomplished anything of merit. I started to get all negative and then thought wait a minute what did I do even if I don’t think it is done. Well,…
Read more“Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” Psalm 147:1 NIV There was a silly post on FB that said: “How many syllables are in Gloria?” “16 if you are Catholic.” I think it could have…
Read moreRemembering my dreams isn’t something that happens every morning but this morning I did remember this bizarre dream I had about being at the hair salon and the hair stylist applying dye to my hair and then basically leaving the building. In my dream I wait patiently for a while…
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