Social media. We love it; we hate it, we use it every day, we stay connected, we disconnect. It truly is a love-hate relationship that we have. I love social media and the opportunity it provides to stay connected. I love seeing what my grandchildren (the older ones...
Gratitude is one of the essentials for us to receive the most out of life. I love watching my children and their spouses teach our precious grandchildren about gratitude. Each one may go about it a little differently, however each do it well. As parents of young...
2019 brings with it a new addition to our Bateman family, Elka Prue Bateman, a precious little girl with a wonderful destiny in front of her. The reason I can be so confident of her having a wonderful destiny is because I believe life is given to us so that we can...
5 Ways to End the Year Well With less than four sleeps before Christmas Day, there is no time for me to write about how to prepare, or what to do with your kids to get them excited, because we have well and truly arrived. If your family is anything like mine, the tree...
As I reflect on my exhilarating climb of Table Top Mountain in Cape Town, I can’t forget a very profound sentence that our guide said to us. We were sitting on a stone ledge probably about 2/3 of the way up the mountain enjoying the magnificent view as we looked down...
You may or may not know Rob, and I have taken some much needed time off and have landed in South Africa. I can wholeheartedly say that this is a fabulous part of the world. We have seen “ The Big Five”: the Lion, Leopard, African (Cape) Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros and...
