Ginny Layton
I am a pastor's wife and a stay-at-home mother to three wonderful boys (14, 5, 3) who entertain me, challenge me, and stretch me in ways I never thought possible, each with unique gifts, joys, and difficulties; my eldest's primary difficulty is a degenerative neuromuscular disease. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said something like this: the mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains it original dimension. (Those would be the only stretch marks I don't mind having.) .
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- Count (Some of) Your Blessings (45 votes)
- Just Say Hey (35 votes)
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I Turn 40 (at 10:37 AM August 1st), So Osculate Me
Fait le bise. Mu-ah" x four. I am not a jet-setter though I lived in Paris once upon a time. La Virginie de ma vie anterieure has metamorphosed into the decidedly Southern Ginny once more. No quadruple cheek pecks for me--a smiling "Hey, y'all!" ...
Unvisited Tombs
"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors." This is from George Eliot's novel Middlemarch. At least I am assuming it is, as I gleaned it from the six-episode movie by that name which...
Happy Camping!
"Life is a series of adjustments—you get one made and it is time for another," wrote my grandmother in her journal when at age 86 she had learned how to "drive" her walker and refused just yet to buy the wheelchair they tried to sell her. My eldest ...
Freedom of Speech
My husband and I have had a tradition on July 4th, our nation's Independence Day. We host a cook-out at the manse and invite people over to feast with us. It's hot and humid in our backyard, and because we live close to a large creek, mosquitoes are...
Monster in the Pot !?! (Mis)interpretation
We live in an older house in Mississippi. Not old as in antebellum; think more like circa Disco Fever. However, unlike Travolta's image, the plumbing hasn't been updated. Hence a couple of nights ago, after using the Average Joe Plunger, my husband...
Mud-Slinging at its Best
Homey G Funk, this is for you! I've noticed a few soon-to-be fathers or new-to-Goodblogging daddies out there, (e.g. Pounder, Pepsi-lover-NOT, guru) and to you I just want to say. . .well, let me interject first by saying, my husband IS a wonderful ...
Count (Some of) Your Blessings
You know how those surveys get started on Facebook and soon you find that all 500 friends know your most embarrassing moment or your favorite food or what color shirt you are wearing or something you don't understand. One of the things I wrote in the...
What GoodBlogs Has Done For Me
Yesterday I met a new neighbor and discussion led to our children and eventually to my son's degenerative neuromuscular disease and . . . . something unusual happened. My contacts weren't in danger of being flushed; my voice didn't acrobat into huskiness...
Harmonious Home Improvement
When I think of summer, my mind freezes. So much time, so much to do: endless possibilities leave me stumped. Zoo camp, music camp, art camp, church camp, dude ranch camp, space camp, skate camp, I dutifully explore all the options, but end up throwing...
Just Say Hey
I have the world's friendliest teenager. No, really, I do. Everywhere we go, he greets people with a "Hey" and a smile. He talks to folks from all walks of life, but especially targets those who appear to be having a hard time. If your clothes aren...