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July 14, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Do you like my dog friend? I’ve been taking lots of pictures of dogs to try to find one that looks like Bailey in the book I’m writing. This one isn’t right. The one last week was closer. But it’s fun taking pictures of all the dogs I meet and …
Mom and Dad on a date Mom on her honeymoon The first friend any of us have is our mother. And my mother was the best friend I could have ever had. She taught me how to embrace life and that the more love you give away, the more you are blessed with in your heart. She was cute …
“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.” ~Ben Okri A sweet friend sent me this book as a gift. Tracy and I met at a writing conference several years ago and then exchanged e-mails now and again. She has a caring heart, and she has also walked dementia’s road with her mother. We talked about …
July 7, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill or maybe I should say reporting from Imagination Land. You have to have imagination to write a book, don’t you? Page after page of made up stuff. At least that’s what I’m guessing you have to have. I can’t say for sure since I’ve never written a book. Oh, I’ve written …
Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. Extra time off from work. Fireworks. Hot dogs. This little hot dog was getting spoiled at my house last weekend. Sumo loves to be held and needs to have a lift since he has arthritis in his feet and legs so can’t scurry around the way he’d like. Did you eat …
And the winners are… This is when the announcers always pause to heighten suspense. No suspense for my winners. I’ve already contacted them all by e-mail and they’ve all already responded with the books they want. Such fun that so many different titles were picked. It’s sort of a smorgasbord of my books. Who knows? If I’d picked more winners …
“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!” That’s what I am with this blog post – late like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. But this weekend was a time when I was rushing around like that white rabbit trying to do everything and then some. That’s when I should listen …
“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” ~Al Bernstein What do you like about June? Summer starting? School out? Swimming pools filling up? Flowers blooming? Gardens growing? Family vacations? Bible School? So many things to love about June – that sweet time between spring and …
A “An unthankful heart is like a finger trying to sift the sand for iron–it doesn’t discover God’s mercies. But a thankful heart, just like the magnet, sweeps through life’s circumstances and finds daily blessings from God. …
The stories are still coming in about homecomings. Several great ones in the comments on Sunday’s post about when the soldiers come home. Carissa’s story had me tearing up since she told her soldier homecoming story from a five-year-old’s point of view. Here it is again in case you are one of those folks who don’t read comments and an …