by Valorie Quesenberry | May 19, 2014 | grit, perseverance, South, southerner
(a southern girl’s perspective)If there’s anything southerners are, it’s tenacious. Some might say stubborn, but we’ll leave that dispute to those who are so inclined. Give a southerner a cause, and she’ll stick with it to the bitter end. The...
by Valorie Quesenberry | May 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Some things are sacred in the south – sweet iced tea is one of them. You know how valuable something is by what people will sacrifice for it. I can only imagine how the King’s tea tax smote the heart of our Revolutionary forbears. Their devotion to...
by Valorie Quesenberry | May 6, 2014 | children, guilt, kids, motherhood, parenting, rest
I need to confess.Mother’s Day can make me depressed.Not because I dislike being a mother; I absolutely cherish it. Not because I have a bad mother; she was and is an outstanding one. Not because my husbands and kids neglect me; they certainly don’t. And not because I...
