He Believes in Me…

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person… He believed in me.” – Jim Valvano I’m more like my father than I realize. I have the same green eyes, the same “selective hearing”, and the same non-confrontational, passive personality. I guess I really “daddy’s little girl.” He, along with my mom, instilled in me the idea that I could do anything… they believed in me. They let me dream! Photo Source: Pinterest Although I’m not actually doing and getting paid for the one thing I’d love to do as a career, I’m still doing what I […]

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My Week in Pins – Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day… Photo Source: jellybean121.tumblr.com I honor of father’s, I thought I’d put up a few pins I found on Pinterest that I thought were sweet. (All pins are from Pinterest, but I did site the source, when possible.) First up is a cool way for children to write a story about their father. It’s a Father’s Day Mad Lib. Photo Source: whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com I found this sweet poem by Helen Bush that pulled at my heart strings. Photo Source: how-do-it.info And finally, here are a few photos of celebrity fathers with their children: Will Smith fixes his daughter’s hair. […]

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MOL Challenge, Day 6

So far in my “Month of Letters” Challenge, I’ve written six letters to friends and family. I decided that even though mail doesn’t run on Sundays or holidays, that’s no reason to not write an extra letter or jot a quick note down in a funny card. In each letter I’ve written so far, I’ve enclosed a small gift. In the first letter, I enclosed several pictures; in the second, a drawing; in the third, confetti; in the fourth, a quote from a magazine; and in the fifth, magazine clippings about the Twilight Saga. My sixth letter, mailed out this […]

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