Bailey Tillie Hoff 01/18/2004 – 05/19/2021 For 17 years and 4 months, I had the bossiest, independent and loving Shih Tzu ever. Bailey Tillie Hoff came into my life when I met her owners at a gas station selling her. My friend was buying one of her litter mates and they were desperately wanting to […]
My birthday was the end of January. And my special friend really out-did himself. He made the entire day all about me. From the time I woke up – to the time I went to bed. It was all about making my day special. It’s been a really long time since someone made me feel […]
Retreat (verb) to withdraw OR Retreat (noun) a quiet or secluded place Sometimes I am ALL IN and gung-ho about moving forward. And then when someone starts being more gung-ho then I am. I get scared. I panic. I retreat to my retreat. It’s confusing to suddenly want to retreat when I was all in. […]
Susan vs Susie Back when I was a kid, I was Susie. As every teenager, I thought the nickname was childish, so I transitioned to Susan. Through college and when I entered the work world I introduced myself as Susan. Mature. Confident. Not a kid. Someone to be taken seriously, not little Susie. Not too […]
An unofficial poll of my female friends has made me realize that I am in the minority with my thoughts on Hallmark Holiday movies. I think they are horrible. They are what is wrong in the world. Here are my reasons: They all have the same plot. The actors are cheesing. They aren’t real life. […]
As a child, we loved to rake leaves and run and jump into them! The carefree feeling of a pile of leaves was the perfect afternoon. We jumped into that pile of leaves without thinking of sticks that could hurt us, without thinking of the dog poo we might have raked up with the leaves, […]
I didn’t write these “10 Things…”, but I feel like I could have. Good things to know and to read. 10 Things To Know Before Dating A Widow By Emily Bishop 1. Take things slowly. Most widows gladly kissed the dating game goodbye the moment a ring was slipped ever so sweetly onto the third […]
Smiling is my favorite. Seriously, just like my mentor Buddy the Elf says: Ever see someone and they are glum and just moving through life and you smile at them, what happens? Their face lights up and they smile. It makes them feel a little better, even if briefly and it makes you feel better. […]
In July I traveled back to Alaska to see all the Hoff girls, but we all know that mostly to see the littlest Hoff, Audrey. (sorry Lisa and Erica, but y’all know that Audrey is my fav Hoff now!) My heart was beating so hard when the plane landed in Ketchikan and the anxiety of […]
Wow, 2017. Time is flying by too fast and I still feel like it was yesterday that Don died. When in reality it has been 2 years, 6 months and 2 days since my world changed. I am doing OK. I have tried dating and unfortunately I can’t stop comparing the guys to Don. I […]
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