Life With Ladybug

By Shannon Magsam So I mentioned recently that we’ve become chicken farmers. Yep [chews tobacco, spits]. We have three little hens: one black, one red and one speckled. They’re only a few months old, so […]

By Shannon Magsam On the 3-hour drive to my parents’ house to celebrate Mother’s Day last Friday night, my husband, Ladybug and I were chatting happily. Suddenly, we noticed a car was speeding up the […]

By Shannon Magsam, mama of 1 Remember when your kids were tiny babies and you were so protective of their “soft spot”? You guarded it, you might have even obsessed about making sure nothing hit […]

By Shannon Magsam I’m slowly waking up from my music coma. Eleven years ago, about 72 hours after giving birth to a baby girl, I started driving down a long stretch of highway where my […]

By Shannon Magsam He came home from work for lunch and his wife begged him to take the rest of the day off. It was their first Christmas Eve with the baby and a light […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama Thirty minutes into Gwen’s book launch party Friday night, I was chatting and laughing with people, grateful that they continued to stroll into Nightbird Books on Dickson Street despite the […]

By Shannon Magsam I know my husband and I might sometimes make people a little sick. Or skeptical. Or maybe both, I don’t know. They wonder if we’re holding hands or ducking behind the building […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama This Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 14-16) is the PetSmart National Adoption Weekend. I know for a fact there are some sweet cats and kittens at the Fayetteville PetSmart store […]