Sometimes the things you can't see help you see more clearly!
Being as tomorrow is Father's Day, this post will most assuredly deal with my dad, who has been residing in his forever home for over eighteen years now. We are still living in the house where my parents lived when he passed on. We have ceased to find little reminders that he left behind, but the… Continue reading Memories of Dad Shining Bright
This first week of June seems to have come upon us way too quickly! Wasn't it just Valentine's Day a few days ago? This week may have sneaked up on me, but it has contained a myriad juxtaposition of memories and emotions. On Tuesday, the first day that I sat down to start this blog, (which is… Continue reading Viewing a Life Well Lived
I found Ken's denim pants just under the corner of my chair in the TV room. Ah..."Ken who?" you ask. Well, this particular Ken has been in my life for over twenty-plus years now. He actually lives here, well "there" -- there in the family room. He moved in after his twelve-inch fashion-doll girlfriend moved… Continue reading Looking For the Pink House
I will come clean and admit it right here and right now ... I have fallen out of love. There, I said it, and it does not feel so bad. The brilliance and the sparkle of that first season together is ... well ... gone. It has been replaced with hazy, cloudy, questionable, even difficult,… Continue reading The Sparkle is Not Looking Very Sparkly
Oh my goodness! How do I keep doing this to myself? I put things (valuable things sometimes) away in "safe" places, places that, at the time I am doing the putting away, I think I will absolutely remember, places that I will never forget. Right? Sure, if you want to dream that dream...sure! You know, at times the things… Continue reading Keep Looking Until You Find It
It is Mother's Day weekend, so the topic of the day would be, of course, Mom! Everyone should write it down right now...Elaine will be in major hot water once this blog is posted. I have a mom that HATES to have her picture taken (let alone posted on a blog site for all the world… Continue reading Don’t Let Mom Look Away
Every now and then, my youngest niece and I get to have a whole day of staying in for a movie marathon. (By the way, it has been much too long! hint...hint...hint!) Mostly what we watch are older movies, many of which were made before she was born. One of our favorites was filmed before… Continue reading Be the Truth You Want to See
From the time I was very young, I have always loved looking at house plans and dreaming of the perfect one. There used to be a new house plan in the Sunday paper each week to daydream about. Although, I don't see a new house in my future, I still collect house plans on my favorite "social-media-idea-gathering"… Continue reading Looking Around to See if Any One Is Watching
Since I am a slightly more land-locked than I used to be these days, partly by circumstance and partly by choice, I have been living vicariously over the past year or so through the wanderings of a friend who is making her way all over Europe; and she is having some of the coolest adventures. I think,… Continue reading Facing My Fears
It has been a rather emotional few weeks for some folks that I hold dear. Thoughts of them, and the memories running through my mind, has caused me to start searching through my stash of old journals to refresh myself on some special moments. My pastor of the past fifteen years is going through some pretty… Continue reading Written Words to Look Back On
