Have you ever turned the radio on and heard a song for the first time and thought “This song was written for me”? Every word of the song hitting a chord in your soul that left you smiling or crying or just a little heartbroken. And then you would play the song over and over just to feel that emotion again and again. I am envious of those special individuals who can write so well that their emotion becomes […]
Today seemed like a good day for second chances, lost causes and hoping for the best. So why not get out in the sprinkling rain and pick up a kitten literally clawing its way across the parking lot. The chance for survival – poor at best. This small living and breathing sightless thing that was too weak to walk but yet stubborn enough to drag itself very slowly across the concrete facing off with the garbage truck plowing its way […]
I am excited to announce we will be hosting a charity softball event August 22, 2015! This will be the first Magnolia Son sporting event we have organized so we are hoping for a BIG turnout. Christian always said go big or go home so we are hoping to GO BIG. 🙂 There will be food, activities for the kids and plenty of softball to be played. So if you are on a team sign up and if you […]
A cat in a hat, a fish in a dish, Thing 1 and Thing 2…. WHO KNEW, Dr. Suess was so smart about people and places and Life’s little races? When Josh and Christian were small I read all of the Dr. Suess books to them over and over. They were not particularly fond of Green Eggs and Ham but their all time favorite was The Cat in the Hat. I read that to them so much I could read […]
The past 12 months have been a roller coaster of a year. Looking back 12 months to February 26, 2014 I was probably walking out of the hospital about now debating on whether to call Christian and asking him what type of wake board he wanted. (I don’t know why I have always remembered that little detail or thought). I was resorting to bribery with a new boat and wake board to get him back home. Back home to where […]
I have always loved reading and have been envious of writers and speakers who put together words that make such an impact on so many people to the point that those words become quoted again and again. Since starting this site I have spent a vast amount of time reading poems and researching quotes to help explain an emotion or situation that could be described much more eloquently by using someone else’s words rather than my own. In doing so, […]
I was not planning to write a post today but as friends and co-workers sent me texts and well wishes starting at 7 AM this morning and continuing throughout the day I realized maybe I did need to write a Thanksgiving post not necessarily for me or Christian but more to re-affirm to readers of Magnolia Son that we all have things to be thankful for….. yes, even me. Riding home from the hospital this afternoon I was thinking of […]
Twenty two years ago I was given a second chance at parenting. Josh had survived the first go around and now it was Christian’s turn to give me a chance to make right all the hiccups and mistakes that a first time parent make with their firstborn. His role as the second child in the Andreacchio family was to be quiet, laid back and pretty self sufficient as an infant. I was just starting nursing school and working, Todd was […]