Sunscreen and Chapstick
Busy, busy, busy, busy. I thought that as I became older and my children were grown that things would slow down. That I would learn to...
My Heart on Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day. A day set aside to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom. A memorial to them. Not so much for our...
More Thoughts On Prayer
Wow! Prayer really is a hot button topic. Lots of comments. Lots of private messages. All sweet. Let me say that I am just muddling...
Marching Right On Up
I've been thinking a lot about prayer recently. I probably should tell you right up front that structured prayer has always been the...
Amish Work Horses
A few weeks ago I was following a discussion taking place under a couple of photographs on a good friend's wall on Facebook. The photos...
Buttons and Straight Pins
I began writing about the Amish a week or two ago. I wound up writing about chickens. Let's see how it goes this time. When my children...
The Princess and The Lieutenant
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful little girl born with a kind and tender heart. She was that rare kind of soul that loved and...
A Little Dirt Never Hurt
It's time to do some spring gardening. For some reason all of the dead leaves from the entire neighborhood wind up in my butterfly...
Anger and Fear
I've learned so many things about myself in the last year and a half. You'd think that would make writing easier. But this is a blog,...
More Useless Facts About Me
1. I once cut several inches off the trunk of a real cut Christmas tree with a butter knife. Why? Because I needed it to be shorter to...