by Lisa Maples | Dec 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Tonight, my family piled into the van so we could drive around town looking at holiday lights. We turned down that special street then suddenly, it was New York City! Millions of lights sparkled piercing through the darkness. Santa stood...
by Lisa Maples | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
It took an hour but I did it. Six days before the 2016 presidential election I went to early voting. I had been to this same early voting place, a local library, last week but decided to try again later because there was a long wait. On Wednesday...
by Lisa Maples | Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
As I drove to my “2nd look” ultrasound today, I heard a radio commentator mention that as chlorophyll exits, it reveals the true colors of leaves. It’s not that the leaves are changing as much as it is that their color is being revealed. I had been...
by Lisa Maples | Sep 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Labor Day Weekend. Oh what a welcome rest after two weeks at school. Two very demanding weeks for me. Seeing the kiddos at school has been exciting. It’s all the other stuff that has drained me: Late days, keeping track of and assigning iPads, labeling 200...
by Lisa Maples | Aug 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
We had just arrived back to our vacation townhome in Lake Lure around 9:00 p.m.. After a summer trip to see The Biltmore House in Asheville, the Waze app decided to direct our family back a different way than the way we came. I had gripped the steering...
