Daily writing promptWhat is one thing you would change about yourself?View all responses It is often difficult for me to know if someone is taking advantage of giving nature. I tend to go with my heart, and let the Lord deal with dishonest or scamming people. While I am pretty good at spotting scammers online... Continue Reading →
Keeping A Thistle By My Bedside, as a Remembrance of Who I Am
Jenna sat by her window, listening to the chirping of the wee birds, savoring a moment of peace. She was not yet fit to walk down the stairs, even with her walking stick, still too stiff from the constant aching of her back. Suddenly, she noticed the thistles in her neighbor’s yard and wanted to... Continue Reading →
I Saw Deer and Felt Such Joy!
Daily writing promptWhat are your favorite animals?View all responses We were out walking one week, and out of nowhere came bounding across the path two deer. I was feeling down because I will have back surgery tomorrow, and I'd just had a PICC line placed in my upper left arm because of the difficulty in... Continue Reading →
A Vision of a Hopeful Future for America: Weekend Writing Prompt
Where has the past progress gone? How did we envision the future so wrong? How do we recover love lost again? What will it take to break the greedy chains? The spirit of the freedom fighters remains. We will not let heroes and heroines die in vain. With boundless hope that the past in us... Continue Reading →
A Glass Carries the World’s Needs and Wants: Writing Prompts
A glass is more than just a receptacle or a dish. It’s what comes in it that makes life so sweet. Wine that lifts our spirits and brings a smile, Or Orange Crush, that transforms a meal into a treat! It might be a beer in a large stein in Germany That we share with... Continue Reading →
Time is Indifferent to Our Needs: We Must Live Each Moment Fruitfully
Daily writing promptDo you need time?View all responses Time moves on, regardless of the need for more time by all of us. Everyone has experienced days when you wish you had more time to complete a project ot tell someone you loved them. As I near my seventy-fourth birthday, I often wonder whether I would... Continue Reading →
Finding the Road Back to Love Without Inhumanity: What Do You See?
Image Credit: Adam Bixby @ Unsplash In taking a walk through the landscape of my short life, I followed the road of my mistakes and errors. I was stunned at my race to supposedly future happiness, To the violence that left me with sorrow and terror. I made a blunder in believing the lie that... Continue Reading →
Global No Social Media Day: A Time of Freedom to Be Oneself
Daily writing promptInvent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.View all responses There is something about seeing the lives of young children chronicled on social media platforms that disturbs me. It may be a generational issue, but I wonder if we are not creating a cohort of people who don't live life; they... Continue Reading →
Remember to Treat the Stranger as a Brother: Sunday Wordle
Where do we find the strength to arrest the plague and cruelty of injustice? Can we not create ideas of unity through kindness and unfailing love? Remember the words of our faith to treat the stranger like a brother. We can’t escape the fact that we’re all made in the image of the One above.... Continue Reading →
Be Aware of the Legacy You Leave: Weekend Writing Prompt
Sullivan Island, Hilton Head, South Carolina We each leave a heritage, whether it is positive or negative, That will impact the thinking and lives of those we will never meet. It may be a favorite family recipe or wild stories that connect generations, Or will it be the remembrance of accomplishing an impossible feat? We... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 