We live in a society where high school graduation is celebrated but is also a given these days. Emphasis is instead place on the awards, the honors, the scholarships, the highest test scores. And those are wonderful accomplishments which absolutely merit accolades. But there are no awards given for perseverance….for enduring years during middle school
Author: Karri Brackett
Today was our last full day on the coast. Rain is forecast as we are leaving tomorrow so I made a point to get up in time to see the sunrise. I sat out on the balcony for a long while and then came back inside and read while everyone slept in….I eventually dozed back
Although I got a later start than planned and didn’t get up until around 7:30, it was a beautiful, sunny, breezy day. After everyone got up and about, we headed into Old Town Bay St. Louis and visited a couple of antique shops and went to a bookstore in Pass Christian. Shoutout to the Magnolia
I set an alarm to get an early start and enjoyed some time on the balcony before everyone else was awake. It was a slightly breezy and cool morning and I had my coffee and read a book as the sun rose. We had decided one of our activities on this trip was to visit
Although we are notorious for late starts on trips, we got off right on time this morning and were pulling out of the driveway at 5:15 a.m. We hit the road after picking up my mom and making stops for ice and breakfast at the Golden Arches. The drive down through Arkansas and down Mississippi
Tomorrow morning we will leave on our first post pandemic vacation. Our first trip to any destination other than the cabin in well over a year. Our first vacation with my mom. Her first vacation without my dad. The first vacation we have boarded our dogs (and Sarah’s diabetic cat). We all have been vaccinated
We had a busy “almost normal” time for the first time in over a year last weekend. Friday was consumed with errands and a routine vet visit. Saturday was a trip to see my father-in-law in South Arkansas for his birthday. And Sunday my sister-in-law and I drove over to Petit Jean Mountain so she
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutesFive hundred twenty five thousand moments so dearFive hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutesHow do you measure? Measure a year? (Seasons of Love, Jonathan Larson, Rent) This isn’t the first time I have referenced lines from Seasons of Love in a post. This past year (2020) would
Dear Sarah, I feel like I should have something monumental to say on this, your 21st birthday. Everyone who knows you knows how sweet and caring you are, how smart and organized, and how dedicated you are to the causes you care deeply about. Although I would like to think you have had a happy
Spring has sprung all over central Arkansas. After a long winter that culminated in a late February snow event, I was ready this year for the milder weather. We only get a brief period of tepid temperatures around here before we jump full force into the heat and humidity of summer, so as soon as