Katie

It seems so hard to believe that what seems like an exceptionally short period of time where we were welcoming Katie to the world was in fact twenty years ago today and I'm now officially bereft of any teenagers amongst my children. Funny enough, the Carolina Hurricanes would win the Stanley Cup in both of those years! Words cannot truly describe just how proud of her as she's stretching her wings and getting ready to…

After a bit of soul-searching and revelation, I've decided I want to start a new tradition where I pick a photo from the past year that is the most meaningful for me and give the dear readers an insight as to why it's the one that reigns supreme. For Katie, I had to cheat a little and go back into 2023 for this picture of her perched on Campbell's camel statue that sits outside the…

Who knew one could shock Katie to her core merely by coming through the door of where she was working? :)

Katie had a busy weekend including Enloe's homecoming game on Friday evening and we made a quick run back to Campbell so she could attend the opening home game for the "Nobodies from Nowhere". We did get there with some time to spare so we were in the student union checking out the team store (and scored a couple of hats at half-off!) and then it was on like Donkey Kong at the air hockey…

One last visit with Katie before she begins her classes as a freshman Fighting Camel. The end of the story is what made that whole trip worth it...

It's been over 24 hours since that one last hug we shared in the car park outside of "Pizza Provisions" before it was time to head our separate ways...you back to your new habitat in Burkot Hall and me with the boys back to Raleigh so Nicholas can make it in time for his hockey adventures and Alex to just hang out and chill. It was far harder to make that turn out of the…

Part of me truly dreaded the coming of this day where my youngest finally reaches her 18th birthday and is now legally considered an adult. Truth be told, it's nowhere near as scary to me as it was when her oldest brother Nicholas passed that threshold and an even more harrowing one this year with his 21st birthday. Even *HE* admitted this was so this afternoon and it only took all of two seconds for…

The day has finally arrived for Katie to walk across the stage and accept her diploma from Enloe High School marking her forever more as an Eagle alumnus. If that statement right there doesn't take your breath away (if not provoke a tear or two!), I honestly don't know what will! If nothing else, the stark truth of some advice that my mother gave me over two decades ago right after her older brother Nicholas…

Look who is awfully comfortable getting a bit of shut-eye on the couch. Now check out the one that is furry and four-legged! For all of Katie's protestations and Mistletoe occasionally giving amazing hugs and demanding belly rubs (amongst other things), is there really any doubt who Mistletoe's favourite human is? Somehow, I think not! :)

Tonight is the final game for Enloe women's lacrosse team this season and it's certainly been a memorable one. The thing that really stands out is that these young ladies have worked so hard at training before the season and during it and they've definitely shown a fair bit of improvement in skills despite losing quite a few talented seniors to graduation. The results and the standings may not show it but if you watched…