Daily writing promptWhat are your favorite websites?View all responses My favorite websites are the blogs I follow on WordPress. I haven't actually gone on Tumblr to look at the blogs, although I do post my blogs there. Nearly all of the blogs I follow are by poets or fantastic storytellers. I also love the ones... 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 →
My World Would Be Smaller Without A Computer
Daily writing promptYour life without a computer: what does it look like?View all responses Saying my world would shrink without a computer sounds silly, but it's true. Since I started blogging, I have connected with people around the world who are like friends to me. Following them on their blogs, I realize that no matter... Continue Reading →
Bloggers Who Tell Stories Remind Us We Are Not Alone
At its essence, storytelling is healing, a touching of souls, and a celebration that you are never alone. (Italics in the original) Ray Buckley, Dancing with Words: Storytelling as Legacy, Culture, and Faith, p. 31. Written for One-Liner Wednesday from Linda G. Hill.
The Fall That Keeps on Giving
I am still here. I'm posting only a few times a week, but I'm hoping for a change in my health that will allow me to blog more. If you remember, I fell in Vienna nearly three months ago. I had to have an emergency root canal, and I thought that was the end of... Continue Reading →
I Did It! Let the Celebration Begin!
The last paper has been written! All the requirements are met! I am one of the newest Master's of Religious Studies graduates! To God be the glory! I almost didn't get here. I was writing my last final paper, with twelve-plus pages required! I felt so hopeless and stressed that my mind stopped functioning. I... Continue Reading →
One More Week of Classes and Two Papers to Freedom to Write
Porto, Portugal! We will see you soon! Yahoo! I am almost done! I hate not writing on my blog, but I am at an age where I can't do all-nighters for papers. With the Easter holidays, being a minister means a lot of time spent at church during Holy Week, as I put the things... Continue Reading →
Five More Weeks to Freedom, or I Would Rather Be Writing a Blog
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 →
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 →
Help! How Do You Find Time to Write and Meet Responsibilities to Others?
This is the third week of class, and I am so tired that when I get home from classes, all I can do is turn on my murder mystery shows and turn off any need to think. Pure entertainment is what I need, and, of course food. Thankfully, my husband is a great cook. I... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 