Nat’s Blog

  • Blessed 🙏

    Blessed 🙏

    I almost missed my writer’s group Saturday morning. I received a text from my friend Barb asking where we were meeting. I looked at the time on my phone and noticed I was already a half an hour late. I guess she was late as well. Should I skip? It was raining, I was still… Read more

  • Turning Lemons into Lemon Drops 🍋

    Turning Lemons into Lemon Drops 🍋

    Five years ago today, I was in surgery to have my cancer removed. We were just at the start of a very long journey. We had no idea what was in store for us. We were lucky. It could have been a completely different ending. At the time, it seemed, we may have been handed… Read more

  • A Different Kind of Homecoming 💞

    A Different Kind of Homecoming 💞

    This is a non-traditional homecoming picture.  I love it so much.  There are no fake smiles.  Just a girl with the basketball that she is so comfortable with and a boy pretending that it is a soccer ball.  Look at their smiles! When Josh told me that he was planning on asking Hope to the… Read more

  • The Best Slice of Indiana 2018 🍕

    I’m ashamed to admit that I have never made community service one of my priorities. Life is busy enough! I have worked for S&T Bank for over 20 years and I am fortunate enough to work for a company that values giving back to others. They value it so much that they have made it… Read more

  • A New Start 🚌

    A New Start 🚌

    I haven’t posted in a few weeks. July was a busy month for me and I’ve been so tired.  I wanted to use August to soak up every last minute of summer with the boys, but the truth is I didn’t. I wanted to go on unplanned adventures. I wanted to take each of the… Read more

  • Jill’s Pace 👞

    Jill’s Pace 👞

    This picture was taken the week that I met Jill Tomb.  My good friend Barb Hauge had introduced us.  The three of us were on a planning committee together.  We were organizing a Luau to celebrate our oldest son’s graduation from East Pike Elementary school. Back then I said “yes” to everything.  I had agreed… Read more