There we sat, all eight of us, a rather peculiar sight, I might add, all in a row, 3-D glasses perched on our noses, waiting for The Rise of the Guardians. Unexpectedly (for me, at least), an announcement showed on the…
As I put the editing touches on Monday morning’s blog (last week), I very clearly sensed a nudge to write “the rest of the story.” I have to say it’s not a pretty picture of my desire to be…
I can relate to this following quote on many levels: “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” (Ernest Hemingway) “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it…
These words have been running circles through my brain fairly frequently since the first of December, “…and we beheld his glory.” I finally took the time to look up the verse, found in John 1:14. It’s really a great…
This morning as I sit to write, my mind is pretty foggy and I’m having a hard time staying focused. Sometimes, just putting pen to paper helps sift through the thoughts that are swirling around and make sense of…
Not sure why I’ve been thinking about weddings, but I have. Well, that’s not true, I am sure why; there are several weddings coming up over the holiday season. That’s why. I’ve been thinking about them, because I’m so…
On the morning of November 1, I went to the mailboxes to see if, perchance, I had any of the old-fashioned kind of mail. Much to my delight, there was a package slip in my box (rare!). On the…
I think it’s time to wrap up this series. Have we exhausted it? No, not by any means. Let’s just be honest here; I’m ready to move forward. It’s time to turn our thoughts toward Christmas. I want to…
As I begin to write this “I Am” statement, the word ambassador sends shivers up and down me. Not the word itself, but the pictures that are conjured up in my imagination. Just weeks ago, as America reminisced…