Over a year ago I stumbled across a blog titled Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. I was immediately smitten with this woman, Ree, a former city girl, who married a fourth generation cattle rancher who now spends her days cooking for cowboys, among other things. She writes about life on a working cattle ranch which includes raising her four children. I was hooked from the day I found her site but the big bonus came when I discovered her brother, Mike, whom she writes about with humor and love. Mike is cognitively delayed. I am not entirely sure of his diagnosis, I believe he has a deleted chromosome. What I do know is that she really delights in him and it comes through in every story that she tells about him.

Like today. She talks of Mike's lifelong love of firefighters and their station. Check it out. And check out the rest of her site too, she has expanded it a great deal over the last year to include cooking, photography and home and garden. But I warn you - you might loose a few hours reading through her hilarious posts.