Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard I have always been a pray-er. My mother used to come sit on my bed when I was a child and listen to my nightly prayers. While I don’t remember this particular prayer, my mother loves to tell the story of my thanking God for milk and chocolate milk. I believe whole-heartedly … Continue reading Be Careful What You Pray For
Eighteen months ago Breezy started playing softball. She was the tiniest player on the team at 4-years old. She could barely hit the ball off the tee. In outfield she was disengaged and dug in the dirt or stared at the sky. Now Breezy is The Circle Girl. The girl in the circle is pretty much reserved for the best player on the team. She … Continue reading The Circle Girl
In August I began my 37th fall semester working in higher education. Every year a new batch of freshman come to college; and where I now work, a new batch of adult students either come to college for the first time or more likely come back to college after having stopped out some time ago. The average age of our students is well over 20. I can’t … Continue reading The autumn of my 37th year
I’m not a vengeful person. I’m really not. I promise. When I was in graduate school I was in a class about teaching reading to adults. It was taught by an adjunct whose day job was teaching full-time in an adult basic education program. For the purpose of this blog I shall call her Miss Pickle. Miss Sour Dill Pickle. She gave us a project that … Continue reading Revenge is a dish best served cold
“If you want to get really rich all you have to do is sell a lemonade stand; and when I get older that’s prolly what I’m gonna do.” Breezy It’s a quote from my granddaughter spoken to her mother’s best friend. It was posted on Facebook one day earlier this summer. I’m sure Breezy heard the first part on the TV or the radio. The … Continue reading The Lemonade Stand
Autumn is the season of change. ~Taoist proverb The mums will be gone soon. I will miss them. I don’t know where they will go. But they disappear during the cover of night; or perhaps they’ll be whisked away, whereabouts unknown, while I am at work some afternoon. I like to think that they go to county fairs, fall festivals, hay rides, carnivals, and spooky … Continue reading The growth the mums
Here are twenty pieces of advice for twenty-somethings that I learned in my twenties; they have served me well over a lifetime thus far. Appreciate your parents. Tell them you love them. Relationships end and/ or change in your thirties, if they haven’t already. You are not promised your parents forever. Get educated early in life. Very few jobs require only a high school diploma. … Continue reading Twenty Twenty
It’s a hot Sunday afternoon and I’m watching a Snapped marathon. It’s one of my favorite things to do when it’s too hot to be outside. But since I’m a multi-tasker, I’m also playing Hay-Day, reading blogs, checking Facebook, LinkedIn, Messenger, texts, and emails, planning my weekly calendar, etc. A such, I just realized that Labor Day is coming up too soon. I’m about to Snap! No, … Continue reading Snapped
I needed to get away before the fall semester begins. I convinced my husband to drive the three hours to North Carolina to the small town of Franklin, a place we’d never been. Not a lot to do in Franklin, but we weren’t looking for a lot to do. I was looking for a place to unplug from email for three days. Because I successfully … Continue reading Unplugged
Last week I went to Camp WIOA. We woke up early at the first light of dawn, and after making up our bedrolls we’d go down to the canteen for a big, hearty breakfast of stacks of hot buttermilk flapjacks with pure maple syrup, and bowls of sweet fresh fruit including juicy peaches and plump blackberries and raspberries with cream. Then we’d scurry off to … Continue reading Camp WIOA
Tower of Twins 