The Breakfast Club
Just once in my lifetime, I had the privilege of joining the Breakfast Club on a Saturday for their weekly ritual. My dad and some of the men he had become very good friends with at church over the years, went to […]
Emotional Wisdom
Emotional wisdom is something we gain from experiencing emotions and living life. When we take the time to identify exactly what we’re feeling and understand why we feel the way we feel, we grow in knowledge of ourselves. When we use this […]
The Benefit of the Doubt
Most of the time, we recognize someone’s talent before they realize what they have themselves. For instance, my sister Lou. We all knew what a talent she had for art long before she realized the gift she had. She made this fairy […]
The Smell of Memories
Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I opened a jar and smelled the contents. It was not just any jar, it was an old Spice Islands jar labeled Summer Savory. The jar is vintage, probably from around the sixties. […]
New Year-New Word
Instead of a New Year’s resolution (which I hadn’t done in years, by the way), I started choosing a word of the year a couple years ago. My first year I chose Intentional as my word, last year I chose Basics. I […]
Christ(mas) is coming!
Across from the circle at the end of Main Street was the home of a fast food place called Jester’s. My sister Sue and I would stop there on our way home from our yearly Christmas gift buying pilgrimage to the plaza. […]
More Like My Mother
Once, when I was a kid, there was an encyclopedia salesman going door to door around our neighborhood. My mom asked him in, told him she couldn’t buy a set right now, but gave him the scoop on who on our street […]
Would You Live For Them?
Think about your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews. Think about the love you have for each of them. Have you ever said that you’d die for them? It’s supposed to show how much you love someone–that you would die for […]
Being Human
Humanity. Like it or not, we’re all lifelong members of this club. We have so many differences, but we are so alike. The obvious: we all look different from each other (unless you’re an identical twin or such as that). We come […]
Siblings-Even Into Adulthood
The best thing about having siblings growing up is that they’re still your siblings when you’re grown. When I think about the friends I’ve had throughout my life, my siblings come to mind first. They have been my lifelong friends, confidants, cheerleaders, […]
