Daily writing promptHow much would you pay to go to the moon?View all responses It took me a long time to get up the nerve to fly to Europe. I still don't use the bathroom on a plane, even if it's a 10-hour flight. I fear the plane crashing while I am indisposed. When we... Continue Reading →
Which Way of Traveling Suits You: Digital or Actual?
Image Credits: Itsiken @ Unsplash, Karsten Winegeart@ Unsplash Some people may prefer to travel virtually, Using their computers while still in their homes. They have no worries of missed or canceled flights, For their couch is as far as they wish to roam. But I want to smell the sea and feel its mists, Experiencing... Continue Reading →
The Least Prejudiced Place I’ve Found: Physical Therapy
Pain unites across every category of difference, including age. We have teenagers to eighty-somethings there. Pain doesn't discriminate; everyone is truly equal. Pain reminds us of our frailties, and that everyone will suffer them if they grow old enough. We have such interesting conversations, nearly all about the different places that hurt. There is no... Continue Reading →
Hoping For Answers that Will Restore Some Semblance of My Life
I am getting psychologically prepared for tomorrow's CT myelogram test needed to determine why if I have a pinched nerve in my neck and lower back. Since I fell in Vienna in May and again in my bathroom in June, I have been surviving on pain pills, physical therapy, and feeling like I am living... Continue Reading →
Seek the Approval of God, Not of Other People: A Sunday Devotional
John 5:41-47 “Your approval means nothing to me, 42 because I know you don’t have God’s love within you. 43 For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. 44 No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you... Continue Reading →
Word Puzzles Connect Me With My Late Mother and Give Me A Sense of Accomplishment
Daily writing promptWhat’s something most people don’t know about you?View all responses Having a blog, I think I have told it all, but maybe not everything. One thing I rarely discuss is my love of word puzzles: Syllacrostics, Codewords, and Brick by Brick. I do enjoy crossword puzzles, but I prefer puzzles that require me... Continue Reading →
Without Lazy Days, We’d All Be Insane!
Daily writing promptDo lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?View all responses I had to stop believing that idle hands are the devil's playground. When I found myself just sitting and doing nothing, I felt so guilty. We were raised to find something to do or make up work, so my home was spotless,... Continue Reading →
Raising Four Compassionate Children Despite the Pain of a Divorce is a Huge Success
Daily writing promptWhen you think of the word "successful," who's the first person that comes to mind and why?View all responses My husband and his first wife reared four children. But when she insisted he go to law school to earn more money than he made as a chemist—something he didn't want to do—the marriage... Continue Reading →
Bread of Heaven, Feed Me Til I Want No More!
Image Credit: Pixabay Each day, read the Lord's words, one scripture or a whole chapter, which is the bread that nourishes our souls, like food nourishes the body! Rev. Dr. Regina Davis-Sowers Written for WQ #210 from Sadje at Keep It Alive and Kym at A Fresh Cup of Coffee. Daily Bread is the prompt... Continue Reading →
Some Losses Remain for a Lifetime: Happy 76th Birthday, JoAnn.
My sister would have been 76 today. She was two years older than me, but she seemed more like a mother to me than a sibling. Whenever we lived in an aunt’s house because our parents weren’t able to care for us or didn’t want to, JoAnn was given responsibility for me. You can imagine... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 