I have a 6-8 page critical essay due tomorrow by 11:00 pm, and I am writing a blog, to my utter shame. I miss writing my blog and receiving comments from my brothers and sisters in the blogging community. I realize most people say friends, but one of the blogs I follow, Jesusluvall, calls me... Continue Reading →
AI Negates What Education is Meant to Do: Teach Us How to Think and Ask the Right Questions
Daily writing promptHow has technology changed your job?View all responses I retired from my dream job as a college professor because the college's policy on AI destroyed the reason for learning beyond high school. I once told a student who complained about the level of work in my course that the product that I was... Continue Reading →
To Be Viewed as a Life-Changer is the Epitome of Compliments
Daily writing promptWhat was the best compliment you've received?View all responses Many students come and go each semester, but as a retired professor, some stay in your heart. One person I remember had a difficult life situation, and she didn't actually believe that she could complete the work I assigned. She came to see me,... Continue Reading →
A Story of Hope for Fandango’s Story Starter #190
Porto, Portugal In the middle of a crowd, Blake felt an insistent tap on his shoulder. When he turned around he saw…the love of his life, Anna-Elizabeth. At first he thought she was a ghost because of his many memories of her that had hindered his ability to find another love. Shivers ran through his... Continue Reading →
Today I Will Enter into My Future!
Image Credit: Sarah Whiley Before another day that the earth completely revolves on its axis, I will find the courage to open the door that leads to my tomorrows. With patience and faith, I will give my inner kid a chance to grow, And become the consolation I searched for to overcome my sorrows. I... Continue Reading →
Half Way to Graduation: Hanging in There, But Tired!
Garden of Santa Barbara in Braga, Portugal, September 2024 The official records have been corrected, and I am officially certified to graduate in May. I have about eight more weeks of assignments and attending classes, and then I will have sweet freedom. I love learning, but it takes me longer now at age 73 to... Continue Reading →
Help From Heaven is My Blog Name and My Testimony
Daily writing promptYou're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence?View all responses If I wrote my autobiography, Help from Heaven: Evidence of God's Love, the opening sentence would be: "I should have been dead, but the Lord had other plans for my life." I am astounded at the miracles in my life, and I don't... Continue Reading →
Remembering Whose We Are: A Devotional
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In... Continue Reading →
Freeing Myself from the Craziness of Politics
Image Credit: Ctac Kaopyreb @Unsplash The news tries to disturb me with constant chaos. I refuse to join in the frenzy and be disturbed. It's not resignation to be fierce in protecting my sanity. My responsibility is to free my soul from politics uncurbed. Written for What Do You See #278 from Sadje at Keep... Continue Reading →
Poverty Teaches You that You Can Live Without a Lot of Things
Daily writing promptWhat are three objects you couldn't live without?View all responses I love books, so maybe it would be sad to live without them, but I would survive the loss. Even though I try to remember my smartphone when I leave the house, I find that I can go days without thinking of it,... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 