One of the things I love about Nashville is that it is still enough of a small town, that you can have the kind of experience that I had Sunday morning. All the way home from church, we kept laughing and shaking our heads over the wonder of it.. And driving home was a good …
To the alert Bible School Teacher who took me aside and told me she was worried about my four year old son, because he always ate his graham crackers in such a way as to form the shape of a “gun”, and then pretended to fire that gun? To that same woman, who scared the …
I know a girl. A sweet, wholesome, beautiful girl. Fresh faced and rosy cheeked, she has that natural kind of beauty that needs no adornment. Her soft spoken manner is accompanied by kindness, gentleness, and helpfulness. She’s the kind of girl who would make ANY mother proud. You’d never take her for someone with …
Have you ever considered whether or not you might want to homeschool your child? You have my permission to run away, now. Promise not to hold it against you! The chances are strong that this post is not going to make me any friends. My friends who are in their early days of homeschooling might …
With apologies to Charles Dickens for downright thievery, and ultimately, the mutilation of his beautiful prose, I can sum up my adventure of a road trip in July, thusly: It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,but it didn’t stop just then.Then, it was the best of times,and the worst of times,and …
World’s Most Beautiful Wedding Song??? Seriously, Sooze? Perhaps you exaggerate? Just a touch? Well…since I was the bride, and my husband, the groom, was the man who WROTE the song for me? Absolutely not. I do NOT overstate my case. This IS the World’s Most Beautiful Wedding song. And it was sung 25 years ago, …
From the moment we eased our car down the driveway of the house that sat on the shore of Old Hickory Lake, and saw eleven white Labrador puppies lined up in a row, each standing on two legs with their paws resting on top of a short chicken wire fence, wagging their little tails at …
Deakie pinned his ears back when he was the most happy, and the most proud.Good boy, Deak. It is with a broken heart that I regretfully announce that Deacon D. Dawg left this life on Friday morning, while I was out of town, visiting with friends in Atlanta, and while the kids were out of …
Today, I have to share with you a tale of true independence. (We like what we like, and we’re not ashamed to admit it!!! A tail of capitalism as its finest. (So what if its a Chinese product? The American guys camping out in the fireworks tent for the holiday doubtless make their share!) When …
Yesterday I told you about Deacon D. Dawg’s Morning Dog Duties. And, of course, because I’m inwardly 13 years old when it comes to my sense of humor, I was irresistibly drawn to the thought that “duties” sounds like “doodies”. 😀 Well, today, I’d like to talk about Dog Duties, #2. 😀 Although, as irony …
Aren’t you glad I’m talking about Dog Duties, and not Dog Doodies? Me, too. Now that we’ve scooped that pun out of the way. let’s talk about morning dog duties out here in the woods. You’ve got a job. I’ve got a job. All God’s chilluns got jobs. Even my dogs have jobs, God love …
Neither rain, nor hail, nor life threatening breathing crisis will deter this good boy from his appointed rounds. He pins his ears back like that when he’s really, really happy. You know, down at the vet’s office, they’re all talking about him. Oh, yes, Deacon D. Dawg is the talk of the town: the “Miracle …
Memorial Day is upon us, and Memorial Day announces the Advent of Summer. And with summer, come not only, ticks, chiggers, snakes and poison ivy, but also, the warm, sweet smell of sun-ripened peaches, slowly dribbling juice from any dent in their soft, fuzzy armor. I won a giveaway last week that was sponsored by …
A year ago today, my husband underwent non-invasive cardiac bypass surgery, due to the heart attack he had suffered four days earlier. So, today, I’ve been doing a bit of reflecting on what I believe in regard to life, and how I live it, and how I WANT to live it.. This shot was taken …
I like to think of myself as a focused person. I’m not. But I like to THINK I’m a focused person. I used to BE a focused person. Honestly! One task at a time. I could zero in my attention with laser-like intensity, blocking all distractions, harnessing all the powers of my mighty brain to …