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Today, my friend is dying. I don’t tell you this to make you sad. I am sad that her time on earth is soon to be over, but I am very grateful that I have been blessed with the opportunity to know her.
We haven’t known each other for a long time, yet I am connected [...]
I am a nerd. For any of you who’d disagree with me, I’ll prove it to you by the following statement: I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation recently (now do you believe me? lol), and some random guest star scientist dude was chatting with Wesley Crusher, the teenage son of Dr. Beverly [...]
Tamera is our guest blogger today. She’s a great friend, and offers great perspective on life today. Enjoy!
I am studying to become a special education teacher. I learn that all of my students will learn differently, and I think everyone learns differently anyway. So, if everyone learns differently why when we get a paper [...]
I always wondered, as a child, why all the heroes were men. I was an avid reader and only a few biographies were about women: Florence Nightingale, Betsy Ross, very few others. I love that my daughters have grown up with many biographies and stories about women.
Even though print was lacking, our heritage stories were [...]
Pauline is our guest blogger today. She is the mother of 4, grandmother of 15, great-grandmother of 9. She is known for generosity—and her biscuits—and she is a true southern girl who cooks for those she loves. Pauline shares an experience with her great-grandson from a few years ago.
I have had problems with my eyes [...]
This week has been one of the most difficult weeks of my life. I made a major decision, and by acting on it, made a major change. Some of the ramifications of that decision have been extremely difficult to deal with.
And what I have discovered through all of this is that I have an amazing [...]
I have been remiss! After all, the name of this blog is “Marta’s Melodies,” and I haven’t even mentioned a song in over a month! So your challenge this time is to guess the title, artist, and album of the song I referenced in this blog title. (No Googling!! Play fair! [...]
The month before our girl/boy twins would turn one year old, our daughter became very ill. She, who naturally was very active (my sister even said she was my dancer while Lis was yet in the womb), became listless & would lie down for hours at a time. By the end of the week, my [...]
This is the part where you see my name attached to a blog and go…”Who are you again?” But instead of making excuses, I’m just going to blog about it
I am a self-described “uber-perfectionist,” and that attribute of my personality sometimes gets in my way a little bit. As an example, for some reason, [...]
April Rice is our guest blogger this week. She has lived in the South but went to college in freezing Idaho. Her kind spirit and bright smile bless all with whom she comes in contact, especially her husband and her family. Professionally, she has taught for several years in Florida and Mississippi. Here she shares [...]
