I knew it was coming. It was just a matter of time. I told my husband it was coming and that it would be a game-changer when it did. The “it” happened last Friday when my phone dinged with a text from our son. “Leo asked me if Grams and Grandaddy were coming to farm … More How One Simple Question Could Become A Game Changer In My Life
My husband and I just celebrated our forty-first wedding anniversary. Wow! Forty-one years! How did that happen? Our golden anniversary is less than a decade away. We had a quiet celebration, a shared strawberry shortcake from a local produce stand, since we are leaving on a cruise in just a few days. I’ve been reminiscing … More Why The Number 23 Is So Significant To Me
What a way to spend a Monday. (Kind of like the Monday a few weeks ago when I had to report for jury duty.) Monday Morning Blues I was still feeling the effects of a disappointing weekend when my husband dropped me off for my scheduled MRI. There was nothing wrong. They just wanted to … More How A Kind Word Can Change The Day
What do I do next? That’s a question that’s on my mind right now. I’ve got some huge holes in my life right now: a book project wrapped up, and I’ve lost my parents; my kids and grandkids are hundreds of miles off. How do I fill in the gaps? There are so many possibilities. … More How To Fill In The Gaps When There Are So Many Interesting Possibilities
Has anyone ever accused you of something you know you didn’t do? I have, and I have learned an important lesson from the experience. It all started the first weekend of February. A Weekend Together When you live in an empty nest, and your children and grandchildren live hundreds of miles away from you, you … More How A Broken Microwave Made Me Rethink My Reaction To False Accusations
We all have things we would like to do in our lives. It could be a career we aspire to or a special place we want to visit. It could be a daring activity or a relationship status. Sometimes, we experience things we never in our wildest dreams we imagined we would do. I’m experiencing … More Five Amazing Things I’ve Done That I Never Thought I Would Do
Have you ever finished an enormous project and felt a sense of relief and accomplishment? I have, just a few weeks ago. A dream birthed six years ago is now reality. How It All Began I started writing about ten years ago. My two kids had graduated from college and moved away from home, and … More Why Completing An Important Project is Incredibly Rewarding
Have you ever been so terrified your fear froze you in your tracks? I mean literally frozen and unable to move? I have. It was over thirty years ago, but the memory is clear. Floridians In The Snow I am a native Floridian, so I didn’t grow up participating in winter sports—except for when the … More How A Mountain Memory Reminded Me Of My Proper Focus
A Word for the Year You will often see a person pick a word for the new year. It is a word that reflects what they want to focus on that year. I didn’t choose a word last year, but I fell into one towards the end of the year. Since I only spent a … More How I Accidentally Fell Into My Joyful Word For 2025
Always Looking For Something Have you ever misplaced something in your house that you knew was there? Somewhere? Have you ever spent hours looking for that item, retracing your steps to the same five or six spots repeatedly, as if it would have magically appeared while you were in another room? I have. Often. The … More How Finding A Misplaced Item Feels Like A Christmas Miracle
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