Confessions

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;  the point is to discover them.                                              Galileo Galilei I’m not one to complain, or am I? I’m not one to judge, or so…

Bernie’s Last Thanks

On March 13, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregivers will be in stores. If you are a caregiver, a receiver of care, or know of one, you might find this book to be an encouraging gift. My story “Bernie’s Last Thanks”(published on page 62) follows in hopes of honoring my mother-in-law’s life and blessing young and…

Are You Ever in Your Right Mind? Part Two

For the last post in Part One I shared how I did projects and straightened my house. I’m like the oldest child in the Family Circle comic strip who when sent on an errand by his mom couldn’t just walk to the end of the block and back. He had to take the meandering scenic…

Sandwiches and Seasons

“Just slop some mustard and mayonnaise on it,” my mother-in-law directed. Slop? Better Homes and Gardens never said a thing about slopping when preparing sandwiches! I continued spreading my thin line of mustard to the very edge of the bread, carefully dabbing a tiny section I missed. A half-dozen construction workers swarmed into the kitchen,…

Each Day is a Juggling Act on the Balance Beam of Life

On Thanksgiving day, our five-year-old granddaughter Elizabeth wasn’t the least bit interested in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. She wanted to create her own parade. First, she lined up my husband Bill, Pop to her, and me, known as Nonny, in the circle drive. She then placed her baby doll Bella in the doll’s small red…

Connections

When our family moved to Searcy years ago, we discovered a community of water fowl in the lake behind our house. We named them, of course, names like Father Goose, a solid white Snow Goose, Knothead, who we kindly renamed Grandfather Goose, and Gracie the Toulouse Goose. The three came banded together as one tight…