by Johnnie Alexander | Dec 15, 2014 | Chosen Road Keep, Family & Friends
Rugby, Jennifer A. Noyance, and Darcy Lounging at The Keep
by Johnnie Alexander | Dec 13, 2014 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
“Do you think they’ll read these?” my son-in-law asked as he helped me insert the plastic-protected pages between the covers of the two navy blue albums late Christmas Eve 2007. “I know they will.” I smiled, more to myself than at him. I...
by Johnnie Alexander | Nov 24, 2014 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
My life is blessed with five grandchildren born within six years of each other. For this Thanksgiving post, they finish the sentence: Thank you, God, for . . . (They’re all adorable, but I saved the most interesting conversation for last.) Jeremy (8 yo): my...
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 27, 2014 | Family & Friends
A friend says it’s pack rats. A cousin claims it’s Big Foot. Whatever or whoever the cause, we find perfect seashells in places where a seashell should not be. In the alpaca midden (a polite word for you-know-what). In the rabbitry. On the orchard path....
by Johnnie Alexander | Oct 7, 2014 | Family & Friends
For about half an hour, as I was on a day-long drive, my phone signaled incoming texts. I smiled as I drove–and refrained from grabbing my phone–because I knew what was happening. My three kids, one in Ohio and two in Florida, were “talking” to...