Words are loud at 4:38 a.m.
I tap my phone, and it lights up – 4:38 a.m. Words have awakened me. It’s not the typical alarm, but it’s one I often hear. Once the words start…
Read MoreI tap my phone, and it lights up – 4:38 a.m. Words have awakened me. It’s not the typical alarm, but it’s one I often hear. Once the words start…
Read More“A teacher may leave the classroom, but the classroom never leaves the students. What you taught all those many years is still with your students. You made a difference in…
Nothing motivates me like knowing that company is coming. I go into get ‘er done gear! The Leonard, Mathis, McLaughlin, and Altman families will be gathering at our little house…
Okay, get ready. One, two, three … jump! Jump on the bandwagon. Phineas T. Barnum, the circus owner, coined the word “bandwagon” as the name for the wagon that carried…
Ask yourself if it sparks joy. According to Marie Kondo, that is rule No. 6 in the challenges of tidying up. Marie is a Japanese organizing consultant. For the past…
“Janet Kay, always be nice, and don’t ever be hateful to anyone trying to help you.” I heard my mother say that many times. I still hear her voice. Mom…
“Mom, I think my friends and I need a time-out.” Leah is 10 years old and yet she has the thoughts of an old soul. She amazes me. I often…
Laughter is good for the soul. If that is true, it is well with my soul as well as the souls of the other three Golden Girls. Patrice Lyttle, Joan…
March 2, 2002, God, I feel as if I have begun a new journey… I had no idea where those words I wrote all those many years ago would take…
While sitting at my kitchen table last Thursday morning, I saw a message light up on my phone. It was way too early for the message to be good news….