Sara Harp Minter Charter Year Reception

Today we attended Sara Harp Minter Elementary Charter Year Reception. The school opened in August 2002. This summer the school will be repainted, so they decided to hold a reunion of sorts for all the students to come back and get their picture taken with their hand print flower they made the first year the school was open. Turn out wasn't great since it is such a busy time of year, but it was still fun. We saw a few old friends and took pictures for some of our friends that couldn't be there.

Only 5 More!

Thank God (literally), I just finished up one of my hardest semesters at Mercer University. I was loaded down with 1 Communications class and 3 English classes, which meant I did a lot of reading and paper writing. I ended up with 3 A's and 1 B+, which is good since 2 of my classes were really hard. I was also honored to be selected to be a member of Alpha Sigma Lambda, an honor society for continuing education. I am taking the summer off! In the Fall I will be taking 5 classes and will GRADUATE in December, YAY!!!

Amazing!

I got to celebrate Mother's Day twice, once a week early with all my girls and then on the actual day with Kendall and Lacey. I was served my customary cup of tea and Kendall gave me this AMAZING rose tea set she made in her ceramic class at school.

Mothers Day!

For over 20 years I wore Ananis Ananis. I loved the perfume, still do! When my life was turned upside down with my divorce, I was thrown into a whirlwind of changes I had no control over. I no longer felt like myself, I was having an identity crisis. I wanted/needed to redefine myself. I had to start out small, so I chose to change my perfume! I know it sounds silly, but this was a hard decision to make. For years my children identified me as their Mom through my big hair, bright lipstick, long nails and the smell of Ananis Ananis on my skin. I didn't want them to lose that along with everything else they were going through, but I needed this change for my own well being!

So I waited a year to make the change. After many test sprays, I chose Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker as my new fragrance. I could only afford to buy the lotion. I love this perfume, it is light and pleasant, it reminds me of a time when I was carefree and sweet ( I know, hard to imagine), but in my younger years I was this person. With this selection I began my own personal journey to the "new" Karen.

My family gave me the entire collection of Lovely for Mother's Day this year, the lotion, perfume and small bottle for my purse. I was very excited, I have the complete set now! What my family doesn't know is the true significance of this gift for me. I am now standing on my own (with a lot of help from them), I have a great job, with career potential, in December I will graduate from college and my family is happy and healthy.

The"new" Karen is about to become a complete set too!

Once again, my children made my Mother's Day very Lovely!!
Thank you!

Lindsay Ann, Britta, Kendall, Lacey, Eric, Leslie and Todd!