A garden of Love grows in a Grandmother’s heart. ~ Unknown Grandmothers do matter. That they matter a lot has certainly been clear from all the wonderful grandmother stories I’m receiving. Even those of you who didn’t really have a chance to know your grandmothers, realize you missed out on something special and now you’re making up for your loss …
When Things Go Wrong
Some days are harder than other days. Some days we get up and whatever can go wrong seems to be in a hurry to head down that road. I had one of those afternoons last week. A day when everything seemed to pile on. I had a lot to do. Words for the new story weren’t exactly spilling out. The …
A Grandmother’s Time
A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. ~Author Unknown Time – it’s been on my mind this week because of Daylight Savings Time. Mom can’t adjust to the time change very well because while she’s forgotten many things, she hasn’t forgotten that meals come at certain daylight times. Manipulating the …
More Grandmother Stories to Make You Smile
My grandmother always taught me, “If you don’t have a home, family, and church, you don’t have anything.” ~Jennifer Hudson See the beautiful grandmothers here. At my book event today, I asked the grandmothers to raise their hands and almost everybody there did. Well, there were a couple of guys in the back who didn’t. But I love grandmothers. Often …
Setting a High Mark – Your Grandmother Would
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” ~Michelangelo Last week I got to proof the pages of my Rosey Corner novel, Small Town Girl, that will release this July. When a writer gets the pages to proof, the …
Smiles, Memories, and Grandmothers
“A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood.” (Charlotte Davis Kasl) My book, Scent of Lilacs, was released for the second time March 1 and I’m celebrating. Scent of Lilacs was my first novel published in the …
A Giveaway to Celebrate Scent of Lilacs & Grandmothers
Mom with one of her great-granddaughters Every time I have a new book release or in the case of Scent of Lilacs re-released, I like celebrating with my reading friends. And what better way to celebrate than to give away some things? And what am I giving away? Funny that you should ask since I was just about to …
The Saddest Times of Dementia
This is my beautiful mother enjoying her grandchildren forty years ago. At the time, she was younger than I am now and a very loving grandmother. The grandkids thought she was the best. She let them stand at the sink and wash dishes. She pretended to let them help her make doughnuts. She played Rummy with them and didn’t always …
Penny for Your Thoughts
Yesterday was Wednesday. Oops, I’m just now remembering that was supposed to mean a post here on One Writer’s Journal. So here I am a day late and a dollar short. Well, you never get a dollar’s worth anyway, but maybe a penny’s worth of this and that. A penny might not entice you to read on since a penny …
Editing Down to the Interesting Bits
“I’m a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.” Sarah Vowell > I finished up the editing on the galleys of my Rosey Corner book, Small Town Girl, that will be released in July. Publishing a book with a traditional publisher is often a slow and exacting process. I know there are ways now that a …