UPDATE: The tumor was benign so they just left it alone and she’s home already! Thanks for your prayers!!
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Gwen, or ‘Shine’ as some of you know her, checked into St. Luke’s in Houston yesterday and will have brain surgery for a tumor today. It’s something she’s had for awhile now, that just [...]

Tammi got ready to leave, walked up to Bree and said ‘Bye, Bree’. That dog’s head dropped so low it nearly hit the floor; she looked like she’d just been beaten. We had to laugh!
And I told you she thought Tammi was hers; this is the devil dog this morning:

Never turn down the [...]

The lovely Tammi of Tammi’s World is here visiting for a couple of days and we couldn’t be happier! I know she only arrived yesterday but it feels like she’s my long lost sister; I’m going to be very unhappy when she has to leave… in fact there may be some pouting.
Bree took [...]

Yesterday was the first day of Kindergarten for my best friend’s little girl.

She looks ready to take on the world, doesn’t she? Credit her wonderful parents for that.
There will be many firsts in her life, and for the people who love her. I remember seeing her for the first time, the first time [...]

Tammi is…er… 24 years old today! That makes me 29? I can live with that!
I don’t normally commemorate natal anniversaries on the blog, but Tammi is one of a kind, which is why so many people love her. She’s an excellent friend and I am grateful to able to call [...]

My best friend from 2nd grade through high school, Gwen has not lived a life of comfort. Time and again the road before her has been an unpaved trail full of rocks to be relocated before she can move forward. And she’s weathered it all with grace; she moves her rocks one by [...]