The Beauty of a Wrinkle
The Beauty of a Wrinkle
“Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.” ― Clarence Day Jr. Putting on eye shadow has never been a difficult task for me. Well, it wasn’t difficult until about a year ago […]
Read MoreTraditions Can Be Treasures
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it” ― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “Where’s the cranberry sauce? We can’t have turkey without cranberry sauce!” It was the first Thanksgiving my mother had lived in her new home near my family, […]
Read MoreMore of Everything
“I did not like this feeling of having feelings.” ― Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter “You are such a cry baby!” “You are such a sensitive person.” “You always take everything to heart.” The labels have been bestowed upon me as if they are bad things. For most of my life, I have […]
Read MoreThe Best Part of Life
“The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.” ― William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads It struck suddenly. An active young mother fell ill to a sickness that had no name. She aged many years in the first week after losing much feeling on her left […]
Read MoreFear Not
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Twelve steps or three leaps. That’s how […]
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Thoughts to Encourage
Nothing helps like a good nap…
Birds are Beautiful
A Dog is Faithful…
