Funny how distant memories pop up when you least expect it. This one caught me by surprise. We had just moved to Virginia . We hadn’t even moved into our house. The driver of our moving truck tied one on and ended up in jail for a few days as did all of our belongings. […]
You Matter! Your words matter! Perserverance pays off!
November 6, 2023 by
The life of a writer, like any other profession is a roller coaster of emotions. Often we write from a vulerable place within us. We put the words on paper, online in a blog post or social media and hope that in some small way our words add to the lives of those reading the […]
The Dog ate my Taxes
October 16, 2023 by
The newest version of our dog ate my homework. Paul and I (mostly Paul) had the dubious honor of shredding over 30 years of my fathers financial papers and other records. Oh the things we found. 🙂 My Dad was a smart guy. He was also very social despite being shy as a kid. He […]
When I slow down I see angels….
October 9, 2023 by
There are angels walking around everywhere brilliantly disguised as human beings. I know this because I have encountered quite a few in the last few years and five or more last Friday. Often their only job is to make people smile, uplift spirits and remind us all there are so many good people in this […]
My own “Lessons In Chemisty”
October 1, 2023 by
I come from a long line of excellent cooks. My grandmother could fry chicken, bake bread and make the best Buckwheat pancakes I have ever tasted. Sadly none of the recipes appear to have survived except maybe the pancakes. Most likely they were all in her head and I did not think to get her […]
Well this surprised me…
September 24, 2023 by
I am surprised I decided to write about this because a few years ago I would have never even considered the idea. As a matter of fact I probably would have said “Ewww, who does that”. Yet as my life experiences multiply I have come to realize that guess what, it might acutally be a […]
The Beauty of Using it Now!
September 11, 2023 by
I wonder who came up with the acronym of YOLO? You Only Live Once What a great succint way to say ” Do it now” “Don’t wait until tomorrow” “Be in the moment.” I even know someone who named their dog YOLO There needs to be an acronym for “Don’t save it for a rainy […]
Let it go and keep laughing
August 21, 2023 by
Ok I am officially losing it. Well maybe. This is the second time I have come to the beach and forgotten my swimsuit after reminding Paul to bring his like 1,000 times and he forgot his as well. We are a pair. Talk about opposites attracting. We are the classic example. He is organized, number […]
Who knew you could look this good after 12 moves?
August 1, 2023 by
As newlyweds in Corpus Christi, Texas we were pretty much broke. Well not totally broke but we were scraping by on Paul’s pay as an Ensign in the Navy and my pay as an Administrative Assistant. I actually remember Paul balancing the checkbook and we had exactly 10 cents left. That is not a typo. […]
The Blessings Of Grief
July 19, 2023 by
I’m guessing that not many people would put the words blessings and grief together but I could see no other way. Also I promised myself I would not write one more sad post about grief and losing people that I love but……hang in here with me, I promise this is more about joy than it […]