Lucky Dorito

My Mr. Lucky finally got to make good on his Christmas gift this past weekend! In the twenty + years we’ve been together, he’s always wanted to go to the SEC tournament…. so when I was presented with the opportunity to get tickets this year – I JUMPED on it! I gave them to him [...]

I just hate the way the work week seems to drag on and yet the weekend zips by in a split second. Seriously, why does that happen? I only worked 2.5 days last week because we left midday on Wednesday to go with the girls to the Jr. Beta Convention in Louisville. It’s an academic [...]

One morning in Antigua, we were eating breakfast at Fernando’s. I looked up to see a man approaching our table holding these wooden angels. He began to tell us in Spanish that he carves these angels by hand and sells them so that he can have money to eat. He sold his angels for 20 [...]

13 Lessons I learned in Guatemala (Are you getting tired of me talking about my mission trip to Guatemala?   I hope not because I am no where near done!) 1. There is some seriously YUMMY good coffee to be had in Guatemala. (and these coffee beans look seriously pretty!) 2. Babies with eyes so dark [...]

After my visit to Guatemala, I’ve been following the blogs and Facebook pages of several organizations that we visited. I find myself with a heavy heart and a deep desire to do “more”. I keep looking at our expenses vs. our income for places to find extra funds to use to make donations. For my [...]

One of the common signs I saw in Guatemala: (click on the photo to make it big enough to read) It cracked me up. I totally understood the situation and tried my best to comply but…. you know how hard it is to NOT drop the paper in the bowl when you’re finished?? Sheesh, more [...]

Click here to view this photo book larger If I did this right, you should see the photo book I made at Shutterfly with my favorite photos from Guatemala.  Enjoy!

I’ve had this story on my mind this week – I first heard it many years ago when Mr. Lucky and I were attending a marriage enrichment weekend, as part of a Family Life group. Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery [...]

Five totally random photographs I took in Guatemala: Green hands on a wall Random face painted on a pole Shoes hanging high on a wire Egg eyes Headless saint (lost his head in an earthquake, I think)

During my week in Guatemala, we visited Casa Jackson in Antigua, a home for malnourished children, that is seen in this ABC News video. One of the little girls they show laying in the bed is Laurita, whom I held last week. She is 3 years old and weighs only 12 pounds. (around 2:19 into [...]