“Find your tribe. Love them hard.” ~ Unknown Over the weekend a childhood friend contacted me to share some news. We had not spoken in several years, but within thirty seconds, it was like no time had passed. Suddenly, we were back in my childhood bedroom listening to Donna Summer or Olivia Newton John (for …
“All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes.” ~ Maud McKnight Lindsay Here we are at Christmas weekend – Merry Christmas! Looking back over 2023 it seems that the year went by in the blink of an eye. Time doesn’t move any faster; we are more aware of how quickly life goes by. I …
“I want to wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow.” ~ White Christmas, 1954 We are well into the holiday season, and our schedules are full. Each day I make a list of things that need to get done. Do you? I am privileged to be able to fill my days doing things …
Abundance is the acknowledgement of enoughness. Happy Thanksgiving! The year is winding down as we head into the holiday season. This will be the four hundred and second Thanksgiving our country has celebrated. That is a lot of turkey and dressing! As you should have learned in school, the first Thanksgiving was in November 1621. …
“When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” ~ William Shakespeare Perkerson Park is a 50-acre park in Atlanta. I have never been there in person, but thanks to my good friends, Prentice, and Mary Ann, I feel that I have. The park now has a golf course and …
“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” ~ Sandy Dahl (Wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl) I write Tuesday’s blog on Monday. This week, I am going to share something a bit different – a video. It’s around 44 minutes …
“…the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” Sylvia Plath As I write it is Labor Day 2023. It signifies that autumn is nearing (thank goodness), school is back in session, and we take this last breather before the busiest time of the year arrives. We …
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“A picture is worth a thousand words, but a memory is priceless.” Do you have boxes of photos, or boxes of memories? My lifelong friend sent a meme over the weekend that read, “Tag the friend you have thousands of memories with, but almost no photos.” I read it and stopped. She and I have …
“She looks too pure to be pink.” ~ Rizzo It was the summer of 1978 and the movie Grease hit the theaters. Molly and Nina had talked of nothing for weeks. Both had a major crush on John Travolta, and of course, both wanted to be Olivia Newton-John. Attending movies was a new thing for …
