Articles by Janet Hart Leonard

Slow down, Janet

A funny thing happened on the way to get my haircut: I met the nicest police officer. Four blocks from home, I saw the flashing red lights and, thinking he…

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I’m so over it!

“Janet Kay, don’t let the words or actions of others take away your kindness.” Mom’s voice isn’t around, yet I still hear her wisdom. I’ve thought a lot about what…


Overthinking & overpacking

I never thought I was an anxious person until I realized how much anxiety I carried with me. Maybe you can relate. My travel delays to and from Tampa don’t…


Another Janet adventure

A little rain must fall into our lives, and sometimes, a lot of frustration. Frustration arrived this week in waves. It was a good thing we were headed to the…


About that muzzle

My fingertips were itching to tap the keyboard. I had so much to say … but I refrained. Social media postings were battling it out. Comments were thrown like punches….


Degrees of love

As Chuck, my perpetual thermostat adversary, walked through the living room, I could see he realized that I had tampered with the thermostat setting. He quickly glanced at the Honeywell…


“No” isn’t a bad word

Has saying no to something good ever been a struggle for you? Are you a people-pleaser? Do you compare yourself to others? Me too. How could I say no? I…


Frazzleness

I’m beginning to think my technology issues have replaced my traveling issues. Remember the broken phone story I wrote two weeks ago? And now, the rest of the story. I…


The power of five

My grandson, Jacob Baker, will walk across the stage and be handed his high school diploma in a few days. Then what? If Jake knows anything about his Grandma Janet,…


Finally, I’m a rule-breaker

I’ve always been a rule follower. Last Friday, I was challenged to obey a pretty ludicrous rule. I dropped my phone, and the bottom right corner of the screen shattered….