by Leslie Sholly | Mar 21, 2017 | Catholicism, Lent, linkups, Uncategorized
So today’s post is brought to you courtesy of the Catholic Women’s Blogger Network. It’s part of our monthly blog hop and I totally would not be writing it if it weren’t. Because here’s where I peek out from under my somewhat ill-fitting...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 19, 2017 | family, The South, Uncategorized, Vacations
We didn’t go anywhere for Spring Break this year, except to the zoo. Today’s planned trip to Dollywood was canceled due to illness. So I got to feeling nostalgic about last year’s Spring Break trip, which I had never gotten around to sharing here....
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
My plans for Lent were modest as such things go, but Ash Wednesday wasn’t even over before that old adage: “Man plans, God laughs,” came into my head. Y’all, it’s hard not to feel you are failing at Lent when you can’t even make it...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 22, 2017 | Gatlinburg, Uncategorized, Vacations
To celebrate 30 years of couple-hood, John and I stole a weekend away in Gatlinburg. Secure in the knowledge that Lorelei and William were in Emily’s capable hands, we headed South on Saturday afternoon. We are so blessed to live so close to Gatlinburg, which...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 21, 2017 | Catholicism, Lent, linkups, Uncategorized
I’m grateful that I’m committed to contributing a post to the Catholic Women Bloggers Network bloghop today, because the truth is our family has been needing to reevaluate “how we Lent.” What was once a pretty intense observance has in recent...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 18, 2017 | health, Life Issues, Politics, Uncategorized
Writing about our ObamaCare experiences with the future of the program so much in doubt seems almost pointless, but I did promise to keep honestly updating you so here’s the latest. Learning that Blue Cross was pulling out of the Marketplace in our area was...