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Pretty Exciting!

April 7, 2024

I went out for my third Mom’s Day Weekend at Purdue, and what a weekend it has turned out to be. Purdue won their basketball game, and they are headed to the final on Monday night! It was a madhouse here last night. Poor Tyler having to manage his mother in all of it. 🙂 Needless to say, I retired shortly after the game with my travel companion…

Family

Bird Number 2 Has Left the Nest

August 27, 2023

And he’s off! It has been a week of saying goodbye… and hello. Tears and smiles, hugs…and packing. The ground has been unsteady all summer, but it’s finally firming up again.   And it feels GOOD. Every time a child heads out into the great blue yonder, a piece of a mom’s heart gets torn off and goes with her child. All summer, this piece of my heart has…

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An Angel Steps In

August 2, 2021

Dear Kyla (From Purdue), I just want to thank you so much for all of your help during this past week as Tyler and I realized our big university housing debacle.   It was our own oversight. How thankful I am to have waited for 45 minutes in the phone queue.  If I hadn’t, I would not have gotten YOU.   You were nice, taking me by the hand…