life

  • Grace has been escaping me lately and I am stuck literally and figuratively. I am muddling about in some sort of quagmire that I cannot name, cannot put my finger on and therefore, I am going to attempt this writing to see if I can wade out of my current mental state that feels slushy Read more

  • (Just sayin’. ) I have so many random thoughts in my head that I thought I’d write some of them here. They come from a good and happy place, or maybe I’m just trying to delay cleaning a room in my house. Either way, it’s ok, right? First of all, I do realize that I Read more

  • Reflect or Connect?

    The question I’m using to leave 2024 and enter 2025 I don’t know about you but I am ready for this new year! And why not be ready for it? It will happen, ready or not. Time. It marches on doesn’t it? So here goes a few thoughts as I ring in the year 2025. Read more

  • Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Happy 2024 everyone!  I choose to be happy, everyday. It’s a long-held belief of mine that you choose your mindset and then live it. Wow, that sounds so simple, doesn’t it? But it’s my recipe for grace-filled living and I stick to it, year after year. Now, I have a confession: Read more

  • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 The two pictures here recall our last meals with Dad as a family. We didn’t know they would be the last, but nevertheless, they were. My actual last meal with Dad was a few days later at his house, where we had homemade burgers, a baked potato and a salad that I prepared Read more

  • That sun WILL come out again!

    Tuesday, February 12, 2019 The sun will come out…tomorrow, ….bet yer bottom dollar….you get the idea. I found a picture that I took a year or so ago, while visiting Dad at the beach. Nice, huh? He lives right there, two blocks from this picture. He never visits the beach. But he calls the beach Read more