To Keep Giving

I’ve been absent, missing, maybe even avoiding this blog. This time of year has become painful, depressing and stressful even though I don’t want it to be. I think, “I should decorate, I should buy presents, I should be spreading joy.” But this year, and last year I only felt great sadness. I’ve been missing…

Giving Thanks

“Of all the things I’ve learned in life there is one thing that stands out as most important. That is to cultivate a grateful heart no matter what our circumstances are, because in the darkest moments it is only gratitude that can illuminate our way to a better place.” CSRoth, 2011

Live, Dream, Work.

Michael at Have A Dream, has some really good advice for getting through the hard times. Actually it’s good advice for anytime, so please check out this post by clicking the title above and then click the link: Live, Dream, Work..

The Roommate

When my son became a senior in college he finally had a room to himself. For his sophomore & junior years he was in a triple, so I thought he must be very happy to have some space finally. Although he was in an apartment with 4 other guys, at least he had his own room. After his Christmas…

Halloween 2011

Breaking News – Halloween Cancelled! I had my sign up and bowls of candy by the door, but no one came. Many people still don’t have power, hopefully they’ve found a warmer place to stay. As I drive through town I see green, yellow and orange leaves dancing in the sunlight and drifting down to…

Small Things Make A Difference

“We must not, in trying to find a way to make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” Marian Wright Edelman, Families in Peril

Where Have I Been, Where Will I Go?

Opportunities happen in spits and spurts for me. I spontaneously went out of town with friends two weeks in a row to two different places. My life has always been that way, an opportunity comes and away I go. In my heart I crave movement, excitement and travel. But most of life is not like that, is…

Character

“I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house tops.” Oscar Wilde, De profundis

Evolution of a Bag (or two)

I had to get away from the computer for awhile. I was tired, but feeling the need to make something. For a long time I have been thinking about making a bag, a tote, or a purse of some sort. I have this struggle with purses, they are either too big or too small, too…

How We Spend Our Time

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having past one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or parent.” Barbara Bush, b. 1925 previous First Lady USA