by suelarkinsweems | Dec 12, 2011 | On Family
I’ve been following quite a few of my friends’ adventures with the elf on the shelf. We have several elves on our shelves, but I got them from my Granny Jane when she was in her morbid stage (maybe the last fifteen years of her life) and asking me on every visit which...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 8, 2011 | On Family
I wrote down a lovely idea last week about celebrating Advent with my four darling children by committing to acts of service each day before we have our calendar chocolate. (No, no, that’s not sarcasm dripping, thank you very much.) Nov. 30: I printed out the...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 1, 2011 | On Family
Last week, I sighed as I pulled four chocolate advent calendars out of my grocery sack. We have them every year, but we have cut back on sugar in a big way in the last few years, and somehow the calendars didn’t scream, “Come Jesus!” They scream, “Go out on the...
by suelarkinsweems | Nov 23, 2011 | On Family
Spontaneous writing from Memphis 11/8/11. In case the text is too small: My year in VA! My life is going great so far. I mean, I have had such a fun year. I spreading my talent (singing) and I dancing. Virginia has so many fun activities, but now we’re moving to...
by suelarkinsweems | Nov 17, 2011 | On Family
After being underwhelmed by the ghosts and overtired from running, we tried to plan a relaxing final day in Savannah. We hit brunch at J. Christopher’s. I wish we had taken a picture of the six plates of food that arrived at our table, but we were too hungry to wait...
by suelarkinsweems | Nov 16, 2011 | On Family
Ran in a half marathon. Hotel was right next to the start line, so we rolled out of bed a little before 7 am and joined the corrals. We finished in 2:41– impressive considering the lack of training. Ate lunch at Vinnie Va-Gogo’s in City Market—great pizza and...
