After 3 days without our precious girl - no sleep, hardly any food, lots of tears, & countless prayers - there was nothing sweeter than family cuddle time with our precious pup last night. As rough as this journey has been emotionally, physically, & spiritually, it has also been a ...
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Frozen Margarita Punch | Recipe
Last month my sweet in laws celebrated 30 years of marriage! As a fun surprise, and shift from them doting on everyone else, us "children" with the help of some friends, threw them a surprise anniversary party. The theme was How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You and we had everyone bring their favorite ...
Just keep swimming…
I got Bubbles for my birthday in 2009 during grad school from the (now) husband as a surprise gift for the big two-five. He has since moved from Auburn to Bham back to Auburn to two different places in Mobile and finally two different places in Bham. Let's just say he was a well traveled ...
Misconceptions About Motherhood
In light of this past weekend and the celebrations that ensued for a number of people in my life, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed, overanxious...and like a complete and utter failure. You see, this past Sunday was Mother's Day, and well, I'm not one of those. For a while now I have been ...
Homemade Venison Sausage | How To
You may remember me talking about the farm, or our adventures in turkey hunting and fishing, or how could you forget that time we made squirrel stew? Well, over the Christmas holidays, the Elliott men did what they do best and went deer hunting and were able to get a lot of good meat. As I'm sure ...
Learning to Grieve
As with everything in life, we tend to move through the years in a flourish of seasons. For us, this fall and winter has been a season of loss. Family and friends have been taken from this life, and while in the midst of expected and sudden deaths we find ourselves full of tears, we also feel a ...