I never thought I would be writing to an inmate. I never thought I would be sending letters and cards to a blogger friend who was incarcerated. I never thought that one of the most generous and loving “imaginary friends” that I have met in Continue reading →
I choose love over hate anytime. I choose positivity over negativity. I choose glass half full over glass half empty. I choose happiness over sadness. I choose embracing over holding at arm’s length. I choose lightness over darkness. I choose to be part of the Continue reading →
I love sending cards and letters and I love receiving cards and letters. I got to thinking this past week and that might be a dangerous thing. What I was thinking was about my sweet brother in law Carlton and how much his life has Continue reading →
I may have a girl crush on my “noteworthy woman” featured today. As a matter of fact my husband told me that he knows I do because I keep showing him pictures and reading him selections from her book and that is his obvious conclusion. Continue reading →
Tango. When was the last time you danced the dance of passion? One of the classes that Chris and I took together in college was Social Dance. We walked to King Horn Sports Center after lunch a couple days a week in the freezing Continue reading →
There are days, aren’t there? Days when nothing seems to be going quite the way it was intended to go. Days when the littlest thing sets off a major avalanche of incidents that change the whole trajectory of the day. It is those days that Continue reading →
I just love how the internet connects people and one of the best things about blogging is connecting with other bloggers. This past April I had the opportunity to connect with a great group of midlife bloggers when I attended the Bloggers At Midlife Conference Continue reading →
Did you ever think about what you would like for your last supper? Prisoners have long had “a last supper” request where they are allowed to choose a menu. If you knew without any uncertainty that you were going to die tomorrow what would be Continue reading →
I am a happy person. It is just who I am. God made me happy. That, in my humble opinion, is a good thing. I try to look on the bright side of things. Glass half full. Walking on the sunny side of the street. Continue reading →
Waterfalls abound in North Carolina and recently one of my new friends here in Connestee Falls invited me to hike a little trail to discover Moore Cove Falls in Pisgah National Forest. Of course I said yes because it was a waterfall and I am Continue reading →
