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The Color Won’t Last Nine-year-olds have a limited knowledge of the life of leaves after they’ve fallen from the tree. At least I did! Obvious to me, though, was my need to share their delicate beauty with a friend whose yard was treeless. Perhaps you can...
Your Creativity Is Waiting... ...and creativity is as close as nature and a most glorious occurrence in nature is just around the corner! Soon we’ll be seeing the magnificent backdrop of trees ablaze with brilliant yellows, reds and burnt orange—those luscious colors...
If Dogs Could Talk This photo of my boxer captured her looking at me as if to say, “I have a hole in my neck and a significant set of stitches. Did you have this done to me with a good reason? I like to think my dog is super-engaging with a magnanimous personality....
Small But Glistening Details What’s worthy about a picture of gemstones? The answer depends on how aware you are that---from the pages of a coloring book, and with a few sharply pointed pencils in multiple hues---an awaiting creation has amazing potential. Is that too...
Normandy Crowning a bluff just above Omaha Beach, I’m standing in awe of the location of the eye of the D-Day storm. Behind me is a sea of 9,387 brilliant white-marble headstones radiating in memory of the Americans who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy to...
A Child's Point Of View I can remember as a little girl, squatting to adore a clump of tiny white flowers. At the time I didn't know they were the work of the Master's hand. All I knew was that I liked them. My mother told me they were lily-of-the-valley. Even the...
Life Changes in Fiction The book Christyset the tone for my life changes. My sister-in-law put a copy of Catherine Marshall's novel in my hands, otherwise I may never have read it. Her story allowed me to get alone and take myself seriously (or not so...
Baby Steps Are Just The Beginning I couldn't have imagined her baby steps almost fifty years ago when I held my newborn baby girl. At less than five pounds, she was unique in every way, right down to her transparent little fingernails. Each tiny, delicate, perfectly...
The novel that I’ve written is a love story based on my father and takes place in the 1920s. What a fascinating time period! My Father and a Model T Sometimes my research tried to overtake my ability to stick with writing the book. In particular, the 1920s Model...
Belonging To An Ideal Friend A friend once asked me if I was a “mommy’s girl” or a “daddy’s girl.” For whatever reason, I felt embarrassed to tell her I was neither. “But!” I wanted to say, “I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” It was one of those little...
Brokenness Was Not An Option I clearly remember as a child going into a neighbor’s attic while my mother and the neighbor talked in the living room of the neighbor’s home. It’s for sure, they had given me permission to climb the stairs and entertain myself, poking...
Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life 1. Smile like you mean it. Knowing that today is the first day of all your tomorrows, you’re presented, in a sense, two options: a smile or a frown. Which way will you be motivated? A frown is a form of resistance toward...
Times When You Sit And Wonder You will question relationships. I felt compelled to answer a thoughtful question on Twitter recently. “Ladies: what gentle advice can you tell a single guy about relationships?” I have been married a long time to the one person I...
A Treasure Passed Down If you are the anonymous South Carolinian who recently won the largest jackpot in United States history, congratulations! $878 million is a lot of buckage. How does one begin to embrace a fortune so immense? Personally, I received a dollar every...
What's Happening In Your Neighborhood? Child sexual abuse is most likely happening in the city you live in. It might even be happening to someone you know. It may be happening in your neighborhood, and possibly the person who pulls into the garage within eyesight is...
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“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
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