“Fresh cart. Fresh cart.”, the Goodwill employee, muttered. Without a hint of excitement or drama in his voice he pushed the large 3 shelved metal cart, bulging and heaped with thrifty possibility, to a stand-still. Clicking the stop latches, on the rolling casters, into place with the tip of his black shoe, he sauntered away…
What in the world are you supposed to do when everything you see has possibility and potential? I mean, after all that cute little box left over from gift giving was just simply toooooo darling to toss in the trash. Please tell me you have cute little cardboard boxes sitting around too? The other day,…
When you’re the youngest of 10, you just kind of sleep where you end up. I don’t know…maybe that’s how it was for all of us. I remember sleeping in my baby bed until I was three, IN my parent’s bedroom. When I finally out grew my baby bed, it was determined that I should…
I’ve enjoyed watching as we’ve scrolled through social media, discussing and posting our chosen word… “word” for the year… like EASY or MINDFUL or KIND. Oohhh, those are all so very good. “You know in a world where you can be ANYTHING, be KIND.” It’s EASY and MINDFUL to be KIND. I love new beginnings…
Do you ever get so excited that you prance? And haven’t you wondered to yourself how to make a candle that burns for 72 days. I mean don’t all rational and normal thinking minds wonder these types of things. If someone told you that you could make a candle for less than $6 that would…
One fine day, we had books and toys and blankets all strewn about the living room and imaginative play consistent with a preschool boy and a huggable little baby brother was moving full steam ahead. When everything grew quiet, I realized he had dragged a lawn chair into the room. The legs of the chair…
Growing up the youngest of TEN siblings meant that you showed up when you were called. There was no dilly dallying. Hands were washed and hair combed and you found a seat at the table if you could! You just learned to fit in and pull your own weight. In our family if we ran…
Back in the days of my childhood…Oh “lemme” see…about 20 years ago or SO… (chuckle) we sang the peppiest little song. And if you’re not really really careful, it’ll get stuck right up in your head… like a loop!… or an earworm! YUCK (LOL) “This Little Light of Mine” This sweet version here, sung is…
When I first moved to Indiana, if I said, “I’m fixin’ to…” (do whatever it was, like go to the store, or get dressed or leave the building) I ALWAYS got a sideways glance with a raised eyebrow expressing… what does THAT mean? “FIXIN’ TO” So I changed the words I used, and the way…
All I knew is that when they packed up the creamy white Century Buick with boxes and grocery sacks and food for a picnic on the road and all seven of them loaded up and headed “way back up North” to where they lived”, I was on my own to generate my own fun! The…