We visited the Flight 93 Memorial recently. It’s not that long of a drive from the DC area. The Memorial is still a work in progress, but it is nothing short of powerful already. The wall follows the flight path, which leads your gaze to the impact site. Each person’s name is engraved on aContinue reading “Flight 93 Memorial”
Category Archives: Around DC
Spring!
I must admit this winter was not terrible at all. That was a gift God designed just for me, I’m sure of it. The plants and trees still go to sleep for several months, which has left us without color in the DC area. So it’s the little things, like tulip magnolias in the CostcoContinue reading “Spring!”
Snow play
We had our first snow since October. Today’s actually stuck. This southern girl is ready for Spring, but the girls enjoyed it. Here’s hoping for warmer temps tomorrow!
Experiencing the Holocaust Museum
A friend and I experienced the Holocaust Museum today. That’s really the only way to describe it. For the hours that you are there you are transformed and the amount of emotions that you go through is hard to describe. Sight, sound, smell, touch…you experience the plight of the Jews in so many ways. IContinue reading “Experiencing the Holocaust Museum”
When the whole sky is a rainbow
It rained here the other day. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the sunset it created. The whole sky was a rainbow!
The French Tutor: How do you say “Shame on me?”
Ok, so the tutoring session went really well today. Our tutor showed up on time and had everything prepared. We sang songs, baked cookies, colored, worked on a poster board, learned new words, played a game. And she stayed longer than an hour. She spoke mainly French but she knew the kids were totally notContinue reading “The French Tutor: How do you say “Shame on me?””