1. Lying in the fishing boat we kept anchored to the old wooden dock on the lake at the house I grew up in. I would lay there for hours, sometimes still in my pajamas, writing poetry, dreaming about becoming a journalist in New York City, or sometimes just laying doing nothing at all except… Continue reading My Ten Favorite Memories
Category: Family
Thankful Thursday – My Passions
I feel so blessed that my passions in life can also honor God. While I'm well aware that I'm not even close to perfect and I clearly make mistakes, my passion to be the best wife, mother, and grandmother I can possibly be inspires me to get my hope, strength, and guidance from God. It gives… Continue reading Thankful Thursday – My Passions
What Will People Think?
That concern has consumed too much mental energy through the years, as well as dictated my words and behaviors on all too many occasions. It has led to lying and racing to cover up anything that would not be acceptable, sometimes stopping at nothing, magnifying the situation tenfold, in order to control what others would… Continue reading What Will People Think?
Celebrate Life
For too many years I've stepped into the month of July somewhat reluctantly, and raced to the finish line when it came close to being over, eagerly welcoming August, holding my breath, hoping an unwanted phone call wouldn't slide in at 11:59 p.m. on July 31st. July 3rd marked an anniversary of being a victim… Continue reading Celebrate Life
My Aha! Moment -K.I.S.S.
I always love reading the My Aha! Moment section in Oprah's magazine. In fact, I usually feel like I have mini Aha! moments with each one. Being of the perfectionist type A personality, I'm quick to find the error of my ways, looking how to improve the way I'm doing things, kicking it into… Continue reading My Aha! Moment -K.I.S.S.
New Month, New Life
July is just around the corner, a month that used to be a childhood favorite with 4th of July celebrations of parades lined with colorful floats and marching high school bands, the oohs and ahs while watching amazing firework displays explode and cascade into the brightest colors high in the ink sky, baseball games, watermelon,… Continue reading New Month, New Life
It’s About the People
When my boys were born, and up until they were twelve years old (it was then my oldest son informed me he was old enough to remember well enough on his own now, thank you very much) I wrote in journals for each of them, so that they, as well as me, could know and… Continue reading It’s About the People
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