I sit on my back deck on a pleasantly cool October morning. I’m bundled in a furry bathrobe and warm socks. I hold a mug of steaming hot coffee in my hand. I hear a few birds singing and a dog barking in the far distance. I feel a light breeze and hear the rustle of the wind in the trees. The hummingbirds left a … Continue reading A Time for Everything
(Photograph from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, November 30, 2018) Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet the heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Luke 6:26 I never told you all that early in the summer a firefighter showed up at our door asking if a life flight helicopter could … Continue reading A thousand birds, a thousand seeds
If I could turn back time, if I could find a way…(Cher) If I knew then what I know now, I’d do some things differently. Who wouldn’t? They say hindsight is 20/20, so as I approach that year, I reflect upon what might have been. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a great life. I come from a loving, God-fearing family. I loved school from … Continue reading If I could turn back time
I sit in the parking lot of Taco Bell and watch the clock on my dash board. I’ve decided to walk inside at precisely 11:40. Breezy’s lunch period this 4th grade year is 12:15 to 12:45. She wants her food to arrive in the office at 12:09. 12:09. She was very specific about that. She said she’d be at recess just before lunch and would … Continue reading Grub Hub Delivers
If I weren’t so livid, I suppose it might have been humorous. Thirty-six hours later I still can’t find the humor in it. Some days of air travel go so smoothly. Leaving Atlanta last week I was “TSA pre-screened” and the process was easy. Didn’t have to take my shoes off, walked through the metal detector and all was well. Got to my gate in … Continue reading TSA ruined my day
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. (T. S. Eliot) It was a beautiful Christmas Eve day in the burbs of Atlanta. People were out shopping at our outdoor mall in short-sleeved tee-shirts. It was a bit windy and my hair blew every which way, but the cool air felt wonderful on my face and arms. … Continue reading What will the New Year bring?
Not long ago, we celebrated my son’s 35th birthday at a steakhouse on a Saturday night. My husband and I arrived after his family, so I was met near the front door by 8-year old Breezy. She’d been sent to retrieve us. “Where’s Papa?” she asked. “He’s parking the car,” I said. Just after getting us settled down at the table, pointing out our assigned … Continue reading The Perfect Sleepover
The girls were out of school for the entire week of Thanksgiving. They spent from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon with Gigi and Papa. We had so much fun. We made Christmas gifts–paintings, flour and salt ornaments, glittery pine cones, boxes, and more. Our ornaments turned out kind of puffy. The dough was dry so we added more water. The dough was too wet so … Continue reading Thanksgiving Fun with Family
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I’m a crack addict. Yep, I’m addicted to Trivia Crack. If you know the application, it’s very close to what Trivial Pursuit was like. You have to answer successfully three trivia questions in the categories of arts, geography, science, entertainment, sports, or history. Then, you are given the opportunity to choose a category from which to answer a fourth question. If you answer it correctly, … Continue reading Crack can mess with your brain
Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away…. Seals & Crofts My husband and I took a short Sunday road trip. We were to have lunch at his brother’s home in a rural part of Georgia. We drove through several small towns. They all had two things in common. There was a Baptist church with many cars outside, and … Continue reading We may never pass this way again
Tower of Twins 