by Ann | Mar 21, 2020 | Family, Feature Family, Feature Real Life, Real Life
Healthcare workers need our prayers. I woke up before my alarm at 5:20 a.m. this morning. Maybe it was a mother’s intuition. Maybe it was an anxious heart. Two states away in Oklahoma, our daughter Meghan should have been waking up in her one-bedroom apartment and...
by Ann | Jul 28, 2019 | Family, Feature Family, Feature Real Life, Real Life
It has been a big week for our family. Our only daughter, Meghan, finished a 14-month accelerated nursing program at The University of Oklahoma and is now a nurse. Meghan earned her bachelor’s degree in Foreign Language and Literature – Spanish at the...
by Ann | May 25, 2019 | Family, Feature Family, Feature Real Life, Real Life
Like many of you, I’m sure, we’ve spent much of this spring celebrating graduations, birthdays, grand openings, engagements, and weddings. Our schedules have been fast paced and we’ve felt so blessed to have so many things to celebrate with friends...
by Steve | Feb 23, 2019 | Blogging, Destinations, Family, Feature USA, Travel, USA
When we returned from our 5,000 mile road trip through the Southeast, we told you that we’d be locking ourselves into our house in Nebraska so we could write all about it. And, with the exception of a seven course whole-hog Valentine’s Day dinner at The...
by Ann | Apr 24, 2018 | Experiences, Family, USA
[well]This is a guest post, written by Ann’s younger brother, Robert Shrewsbury. Robb and his family live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[/well] By Robert Shrewsbury On a recent business trip to Fresno, California, I had a meeting canceled and found myself with some...
by Ann | Nov 13, 2017 | Family, Feature Family, Real Life
On a cold day in November of 2000, exactly five months to the day after he was diagnosed, my dad, Robert Forrest Shrewsbury, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. While my dad had a fulfilling life, it makes me sad to think that he never got to see or do...