Month of Gratitude Day 6 For today, I am grateful for a flexible job with Fridays off! I very much enjoy having time to piddle around the house on days like today when I was working on putting away my Halloween and fall decorations in order to decorate entirely too early for Christmas! (I am
Author: Karri Brackett
Month of GratitudeDay 5 I had a bad day today. Just the stressors of life got to me and I came home and just needed to chill out. So I took a bath and a nap! My family is wonderful about knowing when I get this way, they shouldn’t take it personally and they always
Month of GratitudeDay 4 Even with all of the sadness and uncertainty in the world, there is such beauty in nature. I am grateful for the glorious color of the trees that can be found in and around Conway during the autumn months. Karri Temple BrackettNovember 5, 2020
Month of GratitudeDay 3 I am grateful for internet friends that share my values and ideals even if we don’t know each other “IRL”. It helps very much to have groups to go to for support and encouragement. Karri Temple BrackettNovember 3, 2020
Month of GratitudeDay 2 During this pandemic year, more than ever before, I am grateful for technology Both Trever and I can work from home as needed, the girls can attend classes, we can access worship services via social media and I have even found volunteer opportunities from the comfort (and safety!) of my home.
Month of Gratitude 2020Day 1 This weekend we spent Halloween at what I still think of as “my parents’ cabin” in north Arkansas. They bought this cabin in 2018 and totally renovated it; my dad even built a “man cave” that we call the little cabin at the bottom of the property. Sadly, he passed
This morning I got up before seven, made pancakes, and dropped Abby off at her high school for quite possibly the last time. She was scheduled to take the ACT test and we decided it would be easier for me to drop her off than for her to have to find a space, park, etc…
During the short period of relative normalcy between my father’s illness and death and the beginning of “Novel Corona Virus Lockdown 2020”, I put out my spring and Easter decorations. Ever since I chose bunnies as a theme for my oldest daughter’s first birthday party in March of 2001, I have collected and displayed bunnies
It has taken me a few days to get my thoughts together for this blog post about my father’s memorial service. This will surely not be the last time I write about him. Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 was my Daddy’s final ride with the Patriot Guard. We left Bishop-Crites funeral home in Greenbrier and drove
I wrote this little poem and printed it and framed it and gave it to my Daddy when Sarah was a toddler…it was entitled “Always Daddy’s Girl”….a few weeks ago I added to it. Shortly after noon today, after what seemed like both a brief and interminable battle with cancer, my father passed away. Our