#AtoZChallenge - Experiences

Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for 2026!

My theme this year is simply things that I’m grateful for.

It’s a broad and varied theme but was surprisingly easy to fill in each letter!

I like to have experiences, and I'm blessed to have had some good - and not so good - ones in my life so far.  

#1 on my list is the 8 years I spend in the Navy (it was also my 2015 A To Z Challenge theme)

Home Sweet Home for 2 1/2 years!

My search & rescue team is like a second family - we've learned so much and work well together on call-outs. 

The Spouse & I have been on many adventures together. 

I got to watch both of my grandkids come into the world.

Anything I do with my siblings is bound to be an "experience"

And I'm sure there will be many more in the future!

#AtoZChallenge - Dawn

Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for 2026!

My theme this year is simply things that I’m grateful for.

It’s a broad and varied theme but was surprisingly easy to fill in each letter!

I'm a morning person so I love to watch the sun rise. 

#AtoZChallenge - Chuck

Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for 2026!

My theme this year is simply things that I’m grateful for.

It’s a broad and varied theme but was surprisingly easy to fill in each letter!

This is sort of a weird thing to be grateful for - but for entertainment value.... I'm grateful for Chuck. 

That link above tells the story on how Chuck became part of the family - but he's basically a 3D Flat Stanley, except he's a skeleton with googly eyes & wears a tuxedo onesie! 

He's even got his own Instagram account (@chuck.d.bones)!

Halloween Camp

Featuring in Top Lights Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat at the granddaughter's daycare (with friends!)

He's been kayaking.

Sometimes Chuck has to send a smaller version of himself - here's MiniChuck attempting to fly to Arkansas last January.

He got his own invitation to my niece's wedding, too!!

He's pretty fun.  He's been to Texas, Arkansas and Ohio many times, he flew to Nashville and got his picture taken by the pilot and was given a set of Delta wings, he always travels with us!