Thanksgiving Past & Present
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie I recently read this quote and it got me to thinking about how I am grateful
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Are You Empty Inside?
A neighbor’s house is decorated for Halloween using posable skeletons: 2 human like figures and a dog. Every day the wife conjures up positions to put them in and every night the husbands sets up
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From Mechanics to TaTas
My grandson, Ryker has a fascination with anything mechanical, specifically the washing machine. He studies the machine as it seeks to level the clothes out, then marvels as the water begins to fill the wash
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Are you on the “Wrong” Concourse?
I recently did some air travel and was very proud of myself for downloading my boarding pass to my phone in lieu of wasting paper. While I am a product of the generation that feels
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Is Aging a Gift?
Aging isn’t pretty. Watching it happen takes courage, faith and humor. I’ve been watching the aging process for years. My body has shifted southward starting with my eyelids which have become hurricane shutters for my
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We Have Lift Off!
Have you ever had a dream that came and went and then came again? At times, it felt so out of range that it was merely an unobtainable pipe dream. There were times when the
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Around and Around She Goes
My first blog was July 10, 2014 and it read: “I’m fine as in F.I.N.E. Freaked out, insecure, neurotic and exhausted. It all started when I attended my first writer’s conference – Write-To-Publish. It was
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CEO of Caring
I would like to share this post from Today’s Caregiver Magazine because frankly when it comes to being a caregiver, I cannot say it any better than Gary Barg did in his recent post. For
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Magic Is for Fairy Tales
I had a friend who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of thirty, and by the time his young son was born, my friend was in a wheelchair. Although he did a lot
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Are You Living The Life Intended?
This past week we lost an incredible human being. He is described as an intellectual genius, who impacted people through his words, his ability to discuss highly volatile and controversial topics with respect and grace.
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The Greatest Father of All
I have some wonderful memories of my dad. He was creative and talented. When we would be running errands in the car he and I would sing songs and even make some up. He could
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Processing Life
There has been a lot going on in my life lately. We completed the renovations on our three bathrooms with just a few hiccups that were solved by a talented and honest contractor. Maintaining our
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