Saying what I mean is harder when I can’t find the words to use. So, I remember what our kids told their kids. Use your words, was what my kids often said to their little ones who were struggling with their skinned knees or other frustrations. Good advice for this...
Fleeing a funk may be a bit more challenging in this season of life; weighed down with memories and memorabilia that aren’t always easy to share. I’ve been in a funk — or a slump —- for a spell. Whew . . . My inner Mary Engelbreit has been warning me to SNAP OUT...
Gathering rocks, and remembering just how far God has been prepared to go with me, is a good use of time in an autumn's garden. Gathering Rocks So, in the current Bible study, we have just read about Joshua leading Israel across the Jordon on dry ground. Once upon a...
So, part of my annual physical included answering a bunch of questions and taking a memory quiz. (after losing 150 vials of blood . . . ok: 6) First Was The Memory Quiz The memory quiz involved my remembering the name and address of someone after I counted backwards...
2023 True to their own timetable, the Lenten roses are budding. This discovery I made replacing our Christmas flag with a winter one — Wise men have been replaced with a pair winsome owls bundled up for January’s chilly winds. And now that I am seeing so clearly,...
Reflecting on Epiphany in Incredible Days Reflecting on Epiphany in these Incredible days I moved the wise men to the Christ child in both our creches, on the hutch and the mantel. On this day, those real wise men made it to the Christ child; hence the church's...
The First Week In the first week of the new year and the second week after the second cataract surgery . . . I have no complaints. Indeed, mindful I am of so much for which I am thankful; esp. as the clarity of my vision sharpens, and driving at night is no longer...
Waiting In between eye surgeries what I was told is true. Now, with one surgery down and one to go, I see better without my glasses; except for up close reading. And when I put on older specs, it is like putting on the former cataract. Talk about a memory lane not...
Thirteen years ago we fixed up a cute little cottage in Dallas, some thought would be a tear down. (Hey, Hon! We live in a Tear Down! ) Now, it seems like we lived in a tear-down. Seems like we did! Our perfect little empty nest changed hands again and was...
I love Cole Porter — Well, I love his music. He had an ear for how we are, and put that into lilting and lovely music that made sense to me even in the 1960’s! (That Old Black Magic, I Get a Kick out of You, Night and Day — ) The man was as complicated as he was ...
Recently, a window washer came and removed layers of weather driven debris from our windows. The vestige of wind-driven rain on some windows clouded our view. Kind of like the cataracts on my eyes that have “ripened” to the point of removal. I wish --hope-- they will...
October has whizzed by; for once, though, I am prepared for visitors -- trick or treaters that is.. This has been one of the prettiest Octobers I can remember giving several gifts of crisp blue skies and oh so fresh air. Even the rainy days have been . . . restful. ...
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