Posts by Melissa McKay

Ladies, find a guy like this: My kids are on Spring Break this week, which doesn’t mean a whole lot for me, since the garden center is just starting to get busy. But today is my day off (after a 6-day work week, I might add); kids would be sleeping in, and hopefully, so would…

My daughter Reagan is a junior in high school. I haven’t talked about her on my blog as much as I have her brother. This year, she is taking AP Lang, and recently wrote this essay about Pierce. You’ve heard a lot from me about parenting a child with autism, but I thought you’d appreciate…

2017 is nearly over, so it’s time to do what everyone does at the end of the year: Reflect on what I’ve accomplished, evaluate where I’ve been unsuccessful, and make a plan for next year. Every year, I make a list of goals, and every year, I fail at most of them. Three years ago,…

I don’t have a single picture of our honeymoon. Why? I’m not sure, exactly. I owned a camera at the time, though it was pretty darn cheap. We were young, broke college kids. We’d been gifted a week of timeshare at a place in Lake Lure. In winter. I decided on a Christmas wedding, because…

In case you didn’t know (and how could you not; I’ve posted about it ad nauseum), Pierce will be graduating from Brentwood High School next month. Spring is becoming a flurry of activity. Travel plans are being made by family. I’ve spent hours writing up his info and compiling his slide show pictures for our…

A month ago, I started my Things That Made Me Happy Today project. I’ve journaled every day in the month of February, and shared my lists of happiness on social media. Several of you have told me that my posts have encouraged and inspired you, and I sincerely appreciate those sentiments. But as I said…

Things that made me happy today: Rearranging a couple of kitchen cabinets that allowed space for stuff that’s been cluttering our counters Sunshine! The lady in the chair next to me at the salon that was doing a crossword puzzle and enlisted the help of everyone around her to solve it The most relaxing eyebrow…