Mother told me that I was a willful child. I was born marching to my own drummer and singing my own unique song. I never realized that for myself until my second brother was a toddler. All of a sudden he was in my business. In those days my older/twin brother and I were a
Category: Everyday Life
A Well-Timed Sword Fight
11 years ago we moved to our current house. We picked it mostly because it was located in our preferred school district. It was one of 14 houses in a stand-alone community with a cul-de-sac at the top of the street. It was also almost twice the size of the house we moved from when
For Everything There is a Season
I was sitting at a light this week and in one of the lanes of cross-traffic I saw a really sporty, red trike motorcycle. In the passenger seat sat the largest teddy bear I have ever seen. It made my day. I grabbed my phone and took a picture. It turned out too grainy to
Finding Fresh Perspective
Some days start a shade off-center, don’t they? Then the whole day follows suit. Do you ever get caught in a mental maze of your own making? Do you know the feeling of having too much noise in your head or too many voices that have an opinion? Where can we get fresh perspective? What
Stuff Puzzle
Hubby Guy and I are empty nesters. Our youngest just moved out. We know that more than likely she may move back in a couple of times before she is truly launched. It was like that with our oldest. We are loving it, though. I didn’t even wait a whole day before her bedroom became