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Every day can bring a blessing or many blessings, but then there are days where the shadows of hard things happening make those blessings more difficult to see. This weekend has been like that. My mother fell on Friday morning. At first we hoped she was only bruised, but as the day went on, it was obvious something bad was wrong. She couldn’t bear …
Eveyln on the left, Mom on the right This is my mom and her older sister taken in front of the house where she grew up. I’m guessing Mom is maybe 16 or 17 here. For those of you who have read my book, Angel Sister, here are the two real people that became my characters, Kate and Evangeline. Mom didn’t …
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” That quote is on a refrigerator magnet my daughter brought home years ago. We’ve had a lot of new years and new days since then, but that doesn’t make the saying any less true. There’s also the saying about yesterday being gone, tomorrow is not here and all we …
Busy is as busy does. Yeah, I know. That’s not the real quote. That’s pretty is as pretty does. I’m sure every mother or grandmother in the world has said something similar at sometime or other. But I’m too busy right now to give the first thought to pretty. Well, maybe I’m still working on the pretty on the inside …
My mom is one of the sweetest women anybody could ever want to know. She’s had a hard week with maybe a heart attack or stroke and a couple of falls that have left her bruised all over. The worst of it is how confused she’s been about how old she is, where she lives and who we are. ~~ …
Ice is not nice. Except in a tall glass of tea or in the summer mixed with rock salt to make some creamy homemade banana ice cream. But in the middle of the winter on the trees is not nice. It’s been nasty here in Kentucky. Over 500,000 people without electricity including me for a while and my 88 year-old …
Hi, everybody. Hope you are having as beautiful a Sunday as we are here. The weather is extra nice for the middle of August although the grass is beginning to turn brown in spots because of lack of rain. Are we ever satisfied with the weather? In the winter, it’s too cold. In the summer it’s too hot. In the …