by cazmac9910 | Jul 30, 2021 | Family, Oozing, Uncategorized
One of the things that makes me happy is to create. My first love is making music. I have a few new oboe reeds that make playing so much fun. I am also a quilter. I learned to sew a few years ago and enjoy cutting fabric and creating beautiful things (despite some...
by cazmac9910 | May 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I look outside my window to my newly established garden, on an unusually overcast New Mexico day, I feel a huge amount of contentment and peace. For almost a year the parsonage that my family and I have made our home is inviting and comfortable and the warmth, and...
by cazmac9910 | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I believe in the power of sharing stories. From listening to a story on The Moth that makes you laugh out loud while driving down the road to a story shared by a church member that breaks your heart, there are lessons to be learned in everything we hear. As a mother...
by cazmac9910 | Jan 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over my 13 years teaching middle school band, I worked alongside four, amazing men. The skills and lessons I learned from each of them helped me as I embarked on a second and now third career. My last person I worked with was Jim. Jim could talk to anyone. With a...
by cazmac9910 | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is finally here. A new year. A clean slate. A year filled with possibilities. My One Word for 2020 was reverence. I had great plans for it mainly centering on my spiritual life. When the pandemic hit the world changed and nothing was the same. I did not give my...
by cazmac9910 | Jul 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love to cook. I’m not a “fancy” cook making dishes that require obscure ingredients or complicated methods of cooking, I cook food that makes my family happy. From a big breakfast of eggs, papitas and sausage to the MacDonald Fajita Feast or...