My mom emailed me today and asked if I was going to keep writing on this blog. I guess I really want to continue it but feel as if I have nothing much to say. Okay, stop laughing all of those who know me really well and know how much I love to talk and to write. Really what do I have to say that is of any interest at all?

I think of my brother's blog as I write this and wonder how we came from the same parents. His blog is filled with brillance. Mine filled with somewhat empty ramblings....

Just received an email from my son's fiancee with "final" numbers of people invited to their upcoming wedding...more than I thought but manageable. I just hope the weather cooperates in June for an outdoor wedding and reception.

I am excited about the wedding. We are blessed to have Jaime join our family. She is charming and funny and responsible and just downright delightful to be around. Bryan has met his match and he better not mess this up. His sisters and I have told him that if he blows this, we are sticking with Jaime. :)

This is Jaime's dress but not Jaime in it....she looks even more beautiful in it!!!

This is all new to me....doing a blog....social web...I have known about all of this for years. After all, I am the mother of three now adult children.

Currently I serve on a community accountability board that deals with juvenile offenders. I have been doing this for two years. I have always been interested in the concept of restorative justice and with that interest and my service on this board, I have recently become more excited about the idea of the concept of restorative justice being used in the juvenile arena.

I will admit to not knowing a great deal of information about the concept other than what I have seen on various television shows, magazine articles, etc. I feel that the idea of "healing" the offender as well as the offended seems like a very good idea to me.

Recently in my community, two young men did a great deal of damage to the city cemetery. Part of their sentence was to apologize publicly to the city. This caused much discussion in the community as one council member in particular thought this would be horribly damaging to the juveniles. I spent alot of time emailing him trying to get him to see the point of view, that giving a heartfelt apology would actually be of benefit to the juvenile. Eventually, they apologized during a city council meeting without their faces being shown....I was pleased that they were allowed to apologize for both the city's sake as well as their own.