Find Out Who You Are

Yesterday was my birthday-I am fast approaching 40, egads!! And I think that as the middle age years draw closer we begin to ponder who we are and where we come from. Several of my family members are in the middle of working on genealogy projects or sorting through boxes of "decades-old" pictures or some other family history task. The older I get, the more fascinated I am with who my ancestors are and how they got here. However, many of those who might be able to answer a lot of these questions are gone now. Don't wait until it's too late. Try and discover your roots while the older generations are still alive and thriving. Get online and learn about tracing your heritage. Go to the library and check out their genealogy section. Have a family reunion and go through the family pictures, find out where certain heirlooms came from. Try to not only find out names and dates, but personal information like what a particular ancestor did for a living, what activities were they involved with in their community, etc? It's a valuble gift to the future generations of your family to know who they are and where they come from. It helps them out on the path to finding out where they're going. Visit my Heritage Makers website in the links column at the right to see some beautiful ways to display the Heritage you have discovered.

Quote of the Day: "If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people." -Thich Nhat Hanh

Happy Birthday Grandpa Beck, wherever you are.....

The Sanctity of Marriage is Alive and Well

I say this because today there are two couples in my life that are celebrating a wedding anniversary. My cousin Erin and her husband are toasting to 3 years of marriage (I think?) and my husband's parents are rejoicing in their 61st anniversary today. Wow! One couple at the beginning of the road (they are expecting their first little one soon) and one couple pretty well settled into the foundation of it. I think the quote today pretty well explains how you might get from one side to the other! Happy Anniversary to all !!!


Quote of the day: "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." -M. McLaughlin

What I'm Currently Reading

Nightfall by Nelson Demille --A fictional work based on the true events of TWA Flight 800 crash in 1996.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon -- I am in a perpetual state of rereading this historical fiction/sci fi/romantic series.
Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati
Bird by Bird:Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Welcome to one and all

Welcome to my new blog. What a great place for recording the latest news and happenings as well as the random thoughts in my head. Ha! To launch this blog site I am going to tell you all a bit about some of the links I have posted at the right. The first of which is my new business venture. It’s my website at Heritage Makers. They are an online publisher which provides a choice of designs and templates to “storybook” a special event in your life by using your own scanned or digital photos and your own thoughts. You create it and they publish it into a hardcover, library-bound book that looks like you stopped into Barnes and Nobles for the latest coffee table book. It is a priceless keepsake!! And it really makes a wonderful and affordable gift!! It’s easier than ever so take a look at the website and e-mail me if you have any questions!

Make a Child Smile and Love Quilts are two worthwhile sites to take a look at. My daughters, Kayleigh-10 and Emily-almost 8, really love this, too! Each month, the Make a Child Smile Organization’s website features three seriously ill children. You send them cards and well wishes, goody packages, etc. Anything you can think of to make these kiddos smile and help them through their ordeals. The Love Quilts site takes many of these same children and puts together a special quilt made of cross-stitched quilt squares from people everywhere around the world. My daughters and I have been participating with Make a Child Smile for over a year and I have stitched three quilt squares (for Craig, Kristen and Sadie) and am on my 4th (Daniel) for the Love Quilts kids. These are really meaningful ways to help make a difference in someone’s outlook on life!

The Birds & The Bees is a delightful little storefront shop in downtown Perrysburg, Ohio that features specialty gifts for brides and new babies. They have on online store with all sorts of wonderful things! If you are looking for something unique and special, you should take a look here!

And that’s it for this inaugural post. I hope you will all enjoy this website-I know I will! Cheers!!

Quote of the day: "Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them." -Richard L. Evans