What’s not to love about a teacher who takes the time to make a “before the end of the year list,” and then does what’s on the list?
Full Story »And Then It Suddenly Dawned On Me
For the past two weeks, I have been bombarded with an avalanche of questions. “What is your favorite candy?” “Really? You don’t remember? And besides, do you have some for me? Is that why you’re asking?” No, there were no Smarties. “What’s your favorite color?” This is always a tough one… because I never know [...]
Full Story »To My Gardening Friends Enchanted With Time
My first introduction into gardening was by my mother, of course. I was less than five years old the morning she dedicated a 4×4 square plot of our yard to me. “This was my very own flower garden,” she said. The first plants we planted were Morning Roses. Not really roses, as they had fern-like [...]
Full Story »His Tattered Life Preserver
The church I take the boys to Sunday School is not my favorite place of worship. In fact, sometimes, I feel as if I’m missing out sometimes… there are a couple of other places with awesome choirs, fabulous speakers that leave a mark so deeply that they leave you pondering all week long, and maybe, [...]
Full Story »Marking Time
After high school, I was busy going to college, working a couple of part-time jobs. Honestly, I wasn’t THAT busy. In that period, I lived in two different cities. Each one had a hospital that was much better, bigger and advanced than the one in my home town. Hence with my mother being the youngest [...]
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Tucked Into Drawers
A fragment of a grocery shopping list… this is probably about 25-30 years old. It’s her handwriting. The address label is her mother’s… also about 25-30 years old. I keep these fragments tucked into a drawer… too insignificant for a page in scrapbook, or it’s own “sleeve” in a photo album, but because her handwriting [...]
Full Story »The Great Altoids Tin Challenge #8
So, you’re wondering what I got in my Altoids Tins? This particular one came from the one who loves green — which explains the green highlighter used to write my treasured “Gift Tag.” He even borrowed a little ingenuity from this Origami Master Brother to make an “envelope” that was a shirt — without a tie, because [...]
Full Story »Bye-Bye Christmas Break
Christmas break is over. Thank goodness for the pot of steel cut oats waiting on the stove this morning…warm oats, warm tea, to get us through this cold, cold transition day.
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