Daily writing promptWrite about your most epic baking or cooking fail.View all responses It was my new job's first Thanksgiving Day meal, and I signed up to bring a dessert. I baked a sweet potato pie. I used a frozen pie crust, but all the other ingredients were from scratch. I added all the ingredients,... Continue Reading →
No One Knows Your Future But God
Daily writing promptShare a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.View all responses I was asked on my first date at age 13 or 14, the junior prom. My mother bought me a new dress, and my aunt served as make-up artist. I waited until well after the prom had started, but the... Continue Reading →
Walking is My Gift to My Heart and Mind
Daily writing promptHow often do you walk or run?View all responses My husband and I walk five days a week between using the treadmill at home or at the gym and walking outside on the Silver Comet Trail. For me, walking is how to remain healthy in my 70s. I would much rather walk in... Continue Reading →
Being Mediocre Isn’t Really Living!
Daily writing promptWhat personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?View all responses I have a serious problem with people who just do enough to get be, whether on a job, in college, or at home. Being mediocre means not even trying to do the best you can, which I always thought was... Continue Reading →
You Can’t Beat A Good Book in Your Hands!
Daily writing promptHow do you relax?View all responses As much as I like my Kindle, when I have had a stressful day or week, there is no substitute for relaxing the mind by picking up a good book and escaping into another place and other people's lives. Since I was is child, I have found... Continue Reading →
I Took Back My Power A Long Time Ago
Daily writing promptAre you holding a grudge? About?View all responses For years, I held a grudge against the guy who, after a brutal beating, put me in the hospital for seven days when I was 16 years old. I wished all manner of evil on him. I couldn't get past the fear of men instilled... Continue Reading →
Scenes of Incredible Kindness Brings Tears to My Eyes
Daily writing promptWhat brings a tear of joy to your eye?View all responses I was the recipient of an incredible act of kindness. I was in the local Goodwill to look for summer clothes. I was unaware that someone had seen me and decided to perpetuate an act of kindness to me. But after the... Continue Reading →
A World Without Black People!
Daily writing promptWhat TV shows did you watch as a kid?View all responses In the 1950s and early 1960s, during the day, I watched soap operas with my Aunt Fat. Yes, that was her name! She watched The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, and As the World Turns. It was a white world, which... Continue Reading →
In the Night, Remember to be Thankful in the Land of the Living
Daily writing promptWhat's your favorite time of day?View all responses At night, when the day is done, and all work has ended, I love the moments of lying beside my husband. I listen to his heartbeat, and I am grateful all over again that while Jesus says that there will be no marrying and giving... Continue Reading →
We All Want a Sense of Belonging
Daily writing promptTell us about the last thing you got excited about.View all responses Last Sunday, I attended a church where I was a member for one day, although I had attended the church many times. Yes, that's right, one day! The day after I joined this church, I went into the hospital with a... Continue Reading →
