I’m not sure how she did it but she did. My friend Susan managed to spread her sparkle of joy wherever she went and with whoever she met. Her tagline, motto, actually her whole essence was “Choose Joy, Bless Others” and that she did every single day! She also believed that “Until Further Notice Celebrate […]
I think it was the cocktails…
June 27, 2023 by
Saturday was not my best day and yet it got turned around in a lovely way. My benevolence/compassion/tolerance well was bone dry. In our never ending move we were trying to sell some things on Facebook Marketplace which is a challenge in patience and endurance. Lots of scammers, lots of people who flake on you. […]
Please Write Your Story
June 20, 2023 by
Everyone has a story to tell, record or share. I do mean EVERYONE The truth is most of these stories are lost forever having never been told, recorded or passed down to the next generation. I can’t tell you how many times I have wanted to ask my parents a question to clarify a story […]
It is just stuff but then again it isn’t…
June 13, 2023 by
I opened the box with curiosity and anticipation. A box that had been packed up for a year. It was labeled framed pictures and “I forgot what else” 🙂 It literally says that. Obviously a box packed on the tail end of our move last year when my brain was fried. As I opened the […]
Wait..you did what before a big family event?
June 6, 2023 by
Yes I am afraid it is so. I am being forced to create a set of family rules or dare I say commandments for the do’s and don’ts before a big family event. Okay it is mostly don’ts and it is mostly aimed at the males in our family but whatever. For unexplainable reasons these […]
I found my Father’s hat and…
May 30, 2023 by
I was repacking a box the other day making it more compact and trying to find room for other things when I found my fathers hat and ….. I wasn’t prepared to be so overwhelmed with emotion. It was the hat he always wore. I put it on my head and instantly felt his presence […]
Here Paul jump in this box….
May 23, 2023 by
I thought I would never say this but I miss our Navy moves. Wait what? Yup I miss them coming in and packing everything that wasn’t nailed down including the trash. Or the time they moved us out of base housing and tried to take the refrigerator which belonged to the Navy. It was still […]
Letting my Running and Writing Go to the Dogs
May 16, 2023 by
Writing and running go together. No you don’t have to run to be a writer nor do you have to write in order to run but it does help. Well it helps me. In a weird twist of the worst timing ever we had to make the painful decision to say good bye to my […]
To Love a Nurse with Words
May 9, 2023 by
It is Nurses Week and while I am a nurse my thoughts go to the nurse I love and know best, my Mom. She never talked much about all the things she did as a nurse and I truly wish I had asked more questions. I am unsure, however, if she would have had much […]
I met a woman….
April 18, 2023 by
As many of you know I was honored to be published in the book ” So God Made a Mother” which officially releases TODAY ( April 18th) I traveled to Omaha, Nebraska to celebrate the book launch with many of the other contributors. Words cannot describe the energy, the love and the camaraderie that filled […]