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I have felt REALLY blessed over the past few days!  I have felt like people beyond myself were in-tune with my life and the feelings I was feeling.  I felt great love from others in the form of time, phone calls, food dropped off (the muffins were YUMMY, Michelle!), and even from people in the grocery [...]

I paused this morning as I walked past a tall bookcase that stands on the north wall of our bedroom.  As I glanced at the titles laying sideways on the shelf, I thought to myself, Look at all these books.  I should read one of them.  Well, maybe I should, but I am not going to [...]

I learned lots this weekend.  I love times like that…when life clicks for whatever reason…and I finally feel like I get it (well, whatever “it” is).  Please humor me while I elaborate…
You see, I grew up thinking that just about everyone was cooler than I was, that most people had more important things [...]

Happy May!  April 28th was Poetry Reading Day, and since I chose to post another blog for last Monday’s post, I thought I would give you a poem to read today.  This is one I wrote in college (& was published then, as well)…silly formatting, it looks different in print.  Sorry about that!  Hope you [...]

Okay, so I had a little bit of fun with my title today, but I wanted to bring home the point that a little change in your perspective can go a long way…!
For one of my children’s recent birthdays, the child’s only request was that we be “outside.”  Since the weather is beautiful right now, [...]

A number of weeks ago, my husband decided to pressure wash our driveway.  We tried a few different attachments to it until we found one that worked fairly quickly and covered a good amount of space.  As I watched him quickly erase the grime on the driveway, I wondered if it would work in our [...]

An ancient story tells of a man who had a dream.  In the dream, this man was walking toward a tree which had white, pure, sweet fruit.  When he tasted the fruit, he wanted his family to taste it also.  As I have been reading his experience again, I started to think about the sweetness [...]

Last week, we made our first trip of the year to the beach. We loaded up the truck with our beach umbrella, sheets, a cooler, ice, our little red wagon, towels, sunscreen, sandwiches, snacks, and plenty to drink. As we returned early that evening, we unloaded all our gear. I pulled the [...]

For my friend, Donna, who is up to her proverbial ears in “The Music Man”….
“La-de-da-de-da-de-da-de-da,”  sings the infamous Professor Harold Hill to the tune of Minuet in G.   “La-de-da, la-de-da.”  He teaches his students that if they can “think” the music, they can play it.
Now, I have had some conversati0ns lately with dear people in [...]

When my husband and I were newly married, we experienced a cold winter. We were living in a mountainous region of the country complete with blankets of snow (why do they call them “blankets” anyway?…aren’t blankets supposed to keep you warm?) and dormant trees. I kind of felt like we were living in a wasteland [...]