Monthly Archives: October 2013

Any excuse will do if it allows me to enjoy my favorite things. This year Operation Christmas Child gave me plenty of excuses to shop, stitch and stuff. Usually, filling OCC boxes has just been part of fall visits with … Continue reading →

I flinch every time I think about doing it. I drag my feet worse than a kid going to the dentist. Yet I know I must do it. I must ask someone to proofread what I write. No one writes … Continue reading →

For months, I deliberately ignored the swollen red spot on my thumb. I fully expected it to disappear in time. It didn’t. It changed into a cyst right where my thumb hit the space bar at the end of every … Continue reading →

As a teenager, my daughter complained about my shopping for bargains and frequent use of the sentence, “No, I will not buy that.” As a married, working woman with no children and a working husband, she shopped as she always … Continue reading →

If I had not been so busy making as many memories as possible, if I had not just spent a night flying over the Atlantic Ocean for the trip of a lifetime, I might have been quite miserable on our … Continue reading →