An updated version of one of my more popular posts. Enjoy. 1. Everyone has a story. There is no doubt about it in my mind. You may not “think” that you have a story, but daggum it, you do. You may think that you have a boring Continue reading →
Life is All About the Adventures
Chris and I were just talking the other day about how our life has been full of adventures. It really has. I can’t imagine living a boring and predictable life. It just isn’t us at all and I am sure that there are those who Continue reading →
10 Random Questions
If you had the world’s attention for 30 seconds, what would you say? Be kind. Just be kind. It costs nothing to smile at someone, open a door or offer assistance. Be kind in your words and your actions. Our world would just be so Continue reading →
When Parents Become Persons
Sometimes there are quotes in books that really nudge me in a way. I have been on a reading streak lately again and one of my recent books on my nightstand was The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson. I enjoyed the book and thought Continue reading →
Three Blue Rubbermaid Totes
Three blue Rubbermaid totes sit in the apartment space above our garage. Three containers filled to the brim with photo albums, scrapbooks and memories from my side of the family. Years and years of memories are collected in these containers and as I carried them Continue reading →
A Prayer for Wednesday
One of the things I have been doing lately is going through a lot of things that we cleaned out from my mom’s storage locker when we moved her the last time. While it is odd to go through things like this while she is Continue reading →
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
About a million years ago (well maybe only 24) I was a young mom who loved her time with her boys. Now I am an “old” mom who still loves time with her boys and their “girls”. I found this newspaper clipping a few weeks Continue reading →
Writing Letters – A Thing of the Past?
This past week I was thinking about how things change over time. I must be feeling nostalgic or something but I spent a little bit of time reminiscing about how things used to be when I was younger and one of those memories was about Continue reading →
Repeat After Me – I Am Not “Less Than”
I am not less than. Neither are you. If you are reading this say it out loud. I am NOT less than. Today I allowed someone to make me feel that I was less than. Less than adequate. Less than qualified. Less than informed. Less Continue reading →
A Phrase You Won’t Hear Me Say
I will/would never…. That’s it. I won’t say it. If I have learned anything in my 57 + years of living on this earth it is that life is unpredictable. Life is unfortunately not always black and white. There appears to be some gray in Continue reading →