Ann Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, Juliet Calhoun Blakely, Mary Towles Sasseen, Frank Hering, Anna Maria Jarvis. These women (and man!) all played pivotal roles in establishing Mother’s Day as we know it today. The second Sunday in May has been observed as Mother’s Day in the United States since 1914, following several years of
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Bathhouse Row. Oaklawn. The Spa City. Corruption. Organized Crime. Lakes. Music Mountain. All are synonymous with Hot Springs, Arkansas. A city of around 40,000 people which is also a designated national park in the midst of the Ouachita Mountains, Hot Springs has a rich history with a tourism industry that continues to this day. During
I don’t remember the exact year. Abby was young enough she still believed in the Easter Bunny, Santa, the Tooth Fairy…all of those things that make childhood magical. We had delayed dying Easter eggs until the night before for whatever reason. I was drinking that night – wine? Spiced rum? I can’t remember. It doesn’t
I have always been a bit of a pluviophile. While others bask in the sun, I enjoy a nice overcast situation, a steady rain, and even the occasional rumble of thunder – preferably without severe weather. However, as I have gotten older, I find that “rainy days and Mondays” are getting me down. Especially sequential
Day Six of Spring Break 2022 Today was strictly a travel day. We got on the road a little after 9:00, stopped a couple of times for gas, lunch, and breaks and were home by 6:30. It’s always good to be home after a trip! The following are pictures all the way from the driveway
Day Five of Spring Break 2022 Snow covered the landscape when we awoke Tuesday morning. A wet fluffy snow that accumulated several inches on the surfaces facing the wind and blowing off of others. Our cow friends said that snow was no excuse for not visiting them with a snack. We lazed around for a
Day Four of Spring Break 2022 We woke up Tuesday to a deceptively warm morning with highs forecast to be in the 60s…with a winter weather advisory. I had few minutes outside while Trever and the girls had cow time. Whenever we are on vacation, Sarah seeks out the independent bookstores in the area and
Day Three of Spring Break 2022 Often, on vacation, I enjoy getting up before everyone else and going outside to read and have coffee as the sun comes up. The past several years, we have been on the Gulf Coast during spring break so I was not prepared for the COLD and wind that the
Day Two of Spring Break 2022 8:00 a.m. was our target time to leave Weatherford Saturday morning. We had free breakfast at the hotel to the sounds of a screaming toddler (although I daresay I am getting to the age where I am like BTDT and think ‘those poor people’ rather than getting aggravated!) followed
Day One of Spring Break 2022 For spring break this year Trever voted that we head west. We were only taking a few days so we decided to go to Amarillo, Texas. His family lived in the Panhandle area of Texas and western Oklahoma during the 1980s and he has fond memories of the area.