Dads Matter! Maybelle Crabtree here. Dads are the most underappreciated people in the whole wide world. They quietly go about their business. They do what they need to do for their families. Five days a week, they battle the traffic, work with other people they may not particularly like, and come home at the end of each day to a house filled with chaos! Dad is the provider … [Read more...] about Dads Matter!
Primrose Lane
I Don’t Know Where I Belong
“I don’t know where I belong anymore,” my neighbor, Lainie, said to me last year after her husband, Brian, left her. She stood by the front window in her living room looking out at the street where the kids including her seven-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, rode their bikes. At first, I didn’t know how to reply. I just sat there on her couch trying to find words of comfort to … [Read more...] about I Don’t Know Where I Belong
My Apologies For Not Writing Sooner
Maybelle Crabtree here. My apologies for not writing sooner. I have a good reason. A tragedy struck our family a few days after my last post. My husband, Tom, died unexpectedly in a single-car accident. Details of the accident are still sketchy even after the accident report was completed. There were no witnesses which makes it even tougher. Tom was on his way home from … [Read more...] about My Apologies For Not Writing Sooner
Welcome to My, Maybelle Crabtree, Blog
Howdy! Maybelle Crabtree, here. That’s my married name. I was Maybelle Marie Mathison before that. My name comes from both of my grandmothers: May Wheeler and Belle Mathison. We lived in the same town as my mom's parents and I spent a lot of time with May May, my grandmother. I was Little May around my family and May at school until college when I just kept it Maybelle. My … [Read more...] about Welcome to My, Maybelle Crabtree, Blog