This girl’s story may surprise you
From the Heart This little girl has a story. She has a story because in 1955 her birth mother gave her life. Her adoptive mother (her real mother) gave her…
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And we shall have snow …
From the Heart It’s probably because of my past. It’s probably because I have a history with snow. It’s probably because I am a survivor of the 1978 Blizzard. I…
Biscuits and gravy
From the Heart Chuck and I are creatures of habit. When we got married it did not take him long to learn “my way” around town. Taking the backstreets and…
Thoughts from a pencil
From the Heart “The pencil that you hold today is writing your story. Only when you draw your last breath will your story be written in ink.” I wrote those…
Let’s go to the grocery
From the Heart Once upon a time, in a neighborhood in old town Noblesville, you would find a small grocery store … in every neighborhood. I’m in a Facebook group…
Christmas schmaltz
From the Heart Don Jellison, my newspaper boss, used to call me schmaltzy. I took it as a compliment. I am even more schmaltzy at Christmas. I hear “Silent Night”…
Jim Hart’s Redbird story
From the Heart Each Christmas season I tuck a few extra Redbirds in and amongst my decorations. Each are a reminder of my dad’s Redbird story. It’s a story that…
The Greatest Generation
From the Heart They lived through the Depression. They fought in WWII. They were our fathers. We are losing them. They are part of what is called the Greatest Generation….
A Hallmark Christmas
From the Heart It’s beginning to look a lot like … oh my goodness! How can Christmas be just some 20 days away? I have our home looking like it’s…
Wings and prayers
From the Heart Remember a couple of years ago when I wrote in my column about my daughter, Emily, and her family moving from Fishers to Tampa? I admitted it…