Moe knew that people saw him as a cantankerous old badmash, and he well deserved the title. He had been a wild child, mostly due to the melancholy of living with parents who thought that he could not hold a candle to his big brother, Charlie, who was a star athlete and scholar. No one... Continue Reading →
From the Humble Word Nerd, Regina wrote this post and wanted to share on this blog. Written for the Daily Writing Challenge by The Haunted Wordsmith, with the picture above as the prompt. I hope you enjoy it. I so like writing for the followers of Help from Heaven, many whom like the fiction as... Continue Reading →
Every time I stand or sit on the beach, I regret not knowing how to swim. I wish that I had learned how to swim when I was a little girl. But, as I wrote before, my mother did not let me learn to swim, ride a bike, or skate, stating that I might get... Continue Reading →
I decided to participate in the Share Your World orchestrated by Sparks from a Combustible Mind. Here are my answers. 1. What are the most important lesson(s) you have learned in life? Don't let fear keep you from the view at the top. If nobody says your dreams are crazy or impossible, you have not dreamed... Continue Reading →
Another bloom from the beauties at the Huerto del Cura Gardens in Elche, Spain. I loved this flower because it reminded me of a hummingbird hovering as it partakes of the nectar from a flower. I forgot to get the names of the flowers, and just took pictures as my heart was touched by them.... Continue Reading →
As I looked around the room at my grandchildren holding their children, I felt as though I had time-traveled into the future, not quite able to come to grips with the fact that the ones whom I used to change their diapers and give good-night kisses were already parents. It didn't seem possible that the... Continue Reading →
I am not a photographer, but I wanted to participate in this challenge, to present what happiness means to me. Happiness means being with family, especially new members like great-grandchildren. Below are four generations together on my birthday. Happiness is traveling the world with my husband, an adventurer if ever there was one. Thank God... Continue Reading →
I photographed these flowers in the Huerta del Cura Gardens in Elche, Spain. I thought they were geraniums, but Douglas says they are not. He does not know what they are. If anyone knows, please send me a comment. Thanks in advance. Posted for Cee's FOTD Challenge.
I wrote this on the Humble Word Nerd blog, but it fits so wonderfully the goals of this blog that I decided to share it. I hope you enjoy it, and that you are encouraged by it. It is written for the Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: sky and God.
Sitting at the window, looking out on the snowy forest behind her house, Judith sighed deeply, feeling the coldness in her heart and soul. Tears flowed down her face and tumbled from her chin unto her bed. She felt as though no one in the world cared for her, not one living soul. Her parents... Continue Reading →
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