My children are not like me.  They understand electronics.  That’s a good thing! They don’t go to church.  That’s a bad thing.  They eat food from foreign countries.  That is a questionable thing. Maybe it will just take time for them to get more like me. After all, I turned into my mother when I […]

Does anyone really like exercise? I don’t, but I have been exercising for the better part of 50 years. Tell me that someone really likes to stretch, strain, hoist weights and jump around for an hour. However, I must admit, I do like the feeling after I have done all that activity and pushed my […]

I made a bad decision, but it may have been a good one.  I was invited to join my long-time high school friend and her daughter to go on a Mediterranean Cruise.  Great! But it meant I would be away on my husband Bill’s 70th birthday.  I really couldn’t do that.  He said that it […]

Nobody wants to lose their mate. Well, almost nobody. However, widowhood can be okay, even good. The saddest day of my life was when my husband died. Usually, the marriages that are the saddest to end are the long ones that began when the partners were still in or barely out of their teens. Marriage […]

Is there something wrong with me? I like other people’s discarded things. One of my favorite possessions is my aunt’s small, old shovel. It is probably 5” x 8,” with a broomstick-sized handle. My Aunt Mary used this little shovel for years to plant her flowers and vegetables. She probably used it to help me […]

What scares you?  What scares me?  Really not much. My father once said I was not wise enough to be scared. But, frankly, I like the quote, “A coward dies a million deaths, a brave man only one.”  I value the ability to trust in the goodness of others.  My life experiences should have made […]