General Blog Posts
Happy Independence Day! I wanted to wish you a wonderful Fourth of July and to let you know about my Storyteller Squad blog that speaks of the importance of knowing our nation’s history and what the United States Constitution says. I hope you will check it out. It’s a short read, about four minutes. How…
Since we celebrate mothers in May, I wanted to share some of the things I learned from my mom. Today, I’ll cover eight. There are countless things my mom taught me over the years, but here are some that quickly come to mind. What are some of the things that you learned from your mom?…
The older I get the more I realize I am like my mom. Today, I will share three ways I’m like my mother. I worry about weather and travel. The first way I’m like my mother is that I worry about weather and travel. In my younger days when my mom would call to warn…
Plans change in a flash. This is a story about how I got a broken leg and a broken foot by missing a few steps on the stairs. Perhaps I should learn to hold my plans loosely. Missed last few steps equals broken leg My writing goals fell behind after two separate weeks of spring…
This blog includes tributes to a horse, a cat, and some people whom I’ve lost from my life. In Ecclesiastes 3, it says “there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to…
Popularity was the topic of my Tuesday blog at the Storyteller Squad this week, and I’d like to direct you to it today because I think this pandemic of insecurity is getting out of hand with many people, including me. I think social media exasperates it. Growing up I wasn’t in the popular crowd. Quiet…
The holidays approach at lightning speed as they do every December. This season of celebrating Thanksgiving, the birth of Jesus, and the possibilities of a fresh, new year is supposed to be the most wonderful time, yet it can be difficult for some. Some holiday stressors are grief, finances, seasonal changes, loneliness, and overloaded schedules.…
Today’s the day I relaunch my blog. Here is what you can expect each week in my blogs. I’ll still include blogs to encourage you to embrace who you are and to be a God pleaser rather than a people pleaser. (I need reminders that God loves me, so I figure others do too.) But…
A story of a beaver at large reminded me of the blessings I have living in a small town. In my community, each week, the police blotter announces pets causing problems, usually a dog at large or a cat at large. Sometimes owners get spoken with. At other times, the animal at large cannot be…
Taffy. Yum. Sometimes one catches a taffy watching a parade, but the most common parade candy—at least in our town—would be Tootsie Rolls, but alas, that is a chocolate flavored, taffy-like candy. But for me, salt water taffy reminds me of my dad and the fair. I like that better than any other kind of…