Scars can define you…for good or bad. Scars make you stronger or bitter. And bitterness will eat your soul. So be stronger. Be bigger. When you’re in your comfort zone you usually feel safe and in control. But dream bigger. Be bigger than that. I learned a long time ago that when people treat you…
Have you kicked your New Year resolutions to the curb? Yes? Oh, good. That IS what I heard. I heard you kick those resolutions just like a half deflated soccer ball. “Cush-plop”! And just like that your resolutions were gone. 2019…resolutions…right out the proverbial window. On second thought, what is a proverbial window, exactly? No…
As I made the bed I realized that generally I am sound asleep between 1:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. I’m always thankful for sleep. And I know here and there I sleep more than that, but I can generally always count on those hours. It really doesn’t take very long to spend the night at…
Remember when your mom texted you a photo and asked you if you liked the new arrangement of furniture in the gathering room. Or your son sent a selfie from his college dorm room asking if his sweater matched his shirt well enough to go to his next interview? Or your daughter, from the dressing…
“What kind of ticket do you want?” The lady behind the thick glass with the hole in it (to stick your face through to talk) asked. “I have no idea!” I gasped. “All I know is that my daughter’s band performs in four minutes. So whatever kind of ticket that needs, I’ll take that!” I…
Oh you know, it’s the day after Christmas. The glitter is settling.And all the carolers have stopped caroling,and the nutcrackers have stopped nutcracking…or something like that,and the sugar plum fairy’s twirling has wound to a stop. The holly has wilted. “Last Christmas” by Wham… will no longer be blasting across the car radio for the…
Philip said I almost died. All I know is that I was sicker-more-sick-as-sick-as-I’ve-ever-been-sick. Saturday before Easter I was admitted to the hospital and spent a few days on IV antibiotics and had a miriad of tests run. It’s taken a long time to recover. Hhhhmmmm, have I recovered?? This year has been difficult, but I’m…
There he sat slumped on a park bench that stood beside a main road in our town. His head hung to one side. He appeared dead. His dirty blond curly locks flipped carelessly in the breeze. The hair on his head hung as though his teenage halo of hasty decisions had slipped just a…
I suppose when you have a creative design business, the sky is the limit when it comes to projects that come your way. Her handsome son was graduating from High School in June. He’d found an old vintage suitcase, well, this suitcase in the photo above actually. Never mind that I remember the day that…
Remember late last summer when I was wondering where July went? And we were longing for more fireworks and sparklers and strawberry lemonade on the porch and homemade vanilla ice cream? And we were busy meeting heads of cauliflower and Saturday was busy handing us snow cones. Well, the other day, dreary over cast rainy…