Cheryl Brackemyre
I am a Buckeye by birth, but LOVE Louisville. We have cheered for those Louisville Cardinals for a few years when my stepdaughter played basketball in Louisville and fell in love with the city! I live in Ohio with my husband Tony. Together we have 6 kids, Joe, and his wife Allison, Austin, and his wife Hannah, Sydney and her husband Hayden, Andrew and his wife Lauren and our littles, Max and Eli. Did I mention we are a little nuts starting over with this parenting thing when we are 45+? We are officially a Tiki and Jeep (our version of Grandma and Grandpa) since May of 2022 and have 2 grandsons with a 3rd on the. My husband and I are both ministers, and we get to work together in a local church. We were both married before and brought our families together in 2010. After a few years of marriage, we felt God's leading for us to adopt. We added Max to our family in 2014 and Eli joined us in 2017, our quiver is officially full! Blending our family has been an adventure! Add some ex-spouses and two birth mommas and we have ourselves a crazy crew! Coffee is my love language. The beach is my happy place and I long to have my toes in the sand.
Highlight Reel… Is It Real?
I don't post often on social media. I do post when I write and share the blogs, but I don't post much else. The times that I do hop on for a moment, I...
Windshield Time {Getting Teens to Talk}
Have you ever had a hard time getting teens to talk? Yeah, me, too. Let me share with you how I discovered "Windshield Time".How was your day?
Fine.
How are you feeling?
OK.
Are you upset?
No.
Getting your kids...
5 Things I Didn’t Know I Needed {Grandma Edition}
I'm new to this Grandma gig. My husband and I welcomed 3 grandsons into our family in 2023. We were so excited and could not wait to earn the title of Jeep and Tiki...
School’s Out… Now What? {Summer Bucket List}
School's out... Now what do we do? Several years ago, I sat my little boys down and asked what they wanted to do during summer, and we made our very own summer bucket list.
We...
You Are LOVED
"You are loved." How many times a day do you hear these words? How many times a day to you say them to the most important people in your life? Hopefully, it's a lot....
FaceTime Fun
I grew up watching The Jetsons Cartoon, and now I am LIVING the cartoon. Do you remember the Jetson family and how they had videophone devices that they could see other people on? Were...
Don’t Miss How Far He’s Come
Parenting is hard. (I feel this hard, but I keep trying to remind myself, "Don't miss how far he's come.") Each stage is hard and about the time you breathe a short sigh of...
The Christmas “Experience”
Do you post the monthly countdowns on Facebook as to how many months until Christmas? Do you love the Christmas season? It won't be long before the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season...
Letting Go
The movie "Frozen" is a favorite of mine, and this song has always brought me to tears... not because Elsa is trying to find her way or because she is discovering who she is,...
5 Ways to Handle Mom Pressure
My son has those cute little underwear briefs with dinosaurs and the days of the week on them. Today is Tuesday, and he wore the undies that said "Thursday" on them. I glanced and...