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Whew! It seems like forever since I sat down and posted on this blog. The year 2024 did everything it could to test my faith, my strength, my emotional state. It was full of some things good, but the bad, scary, sad times tried its best to crowd out the good. Bad mojo didn’t winContinue reading “UP, DOWN, AND ALL AROUND”

The sound of the handcuffs being slapped on his wrist were deafening to a mother’s ears. Seeing the tears forming at the rim of his eyes as he tried so hard to not let them spill over made a mother’s heart break. Knowing the thoughts going on in his head of the two small childrenContinue reading “NEVER WOULD I HAVE IMAGINED…”

Winter has hit Arkansas, and it is beautiful! Like the ocean, a ground covered in freshly fallen snow, is a picture of peace, calm, and beautiful. But it is also a thing of strength. The way it can take over and cover the landscape is majestic. There’s a little park next to my house. MostContinue reading “The Sound of Snow”

I wish mental health wasn’t such a “judgement word”. I wonder if it’s that judgement that keeps those affected by mental illness from seeking the help they so desperately need. It amazes me at the number of people who suffer one or more of the many mental disorders that will not seek help, or takeContinue reading ““The accused were considered guilty unless proven innocent.” ― Nancy Rubin Stuart, Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen“

It’s another year, which calls for my word of the year. The last few years that word has been “Hope”, and I renewed that word year after year, because I still hang on to how I still have hope the drama in my life will start to take a better turn. I still have hopeContinue reading ““Hopfath” – Not a Real Word, but MY Word!”

Thinking back to Halloweens past. When the kids were little, I made all their costumes. They didn’t really like the scary stuff so we had tame decorations. As they got older, we ventured out a little with that. My husband being a master plumber and a faithful coca-cola drinker, felt it only appropriate to takeContinue reading “Trick, Treat and Other Shenanigans”

Today would have been our 50th anniversary, designated as the “Golden” anniversary. I would have loved to be celebrating that today! It never seems like enough time. We were married 42 years when I lost Gary, but we were together for 45. I am thankful for those 45 years, and today I will remember allContinue reading “The Not So Golden 50th”

I’ve become so disillusioned with humanity with so much hate and judgement about things the people who hate the most know nothing about. But, the other day, I experienced an act of kindness from a small group of boys enjoying a game of basketball down the street from where my son lives. I was takingContinue reading “One Small Act of Kindness”

Here we are, still sitting at the bottom of that huge mountain. All we can do is keep trying to chip away at it, but our efforts are as if we were using nothing more than a fork. Although we don’t want to give up our efforts, it’s time to stop and turn it overContinue reading “Oh, That Mountain!”

I recently had the pleasure of celebrating my Mom’s 90 birthday! I feel so blessed to still have my Mom. The female parent has been called by different names. There is Mother, Mama, Mommy, Mum, and what I call mine, Mom. I’m not sure why I settled on “Mom”, but it just became what IContinue reading “I Call Mine “Mom””