A TV ad in the ’80’s for instant coffee instructed us to “Celebrate the Moments of Our Lives.” I’ve never been a fan myself of the drink mix they advertised, but I still like their slogan—and I’m learning how to celebrate “moments” as I’ve gotten older. Last weekend, I celebrated the receipt of my Master’s degree […]
I was a late bloomer. When and where I started to school there was no public kindergarten, so my first school experience was first grade. I began in Florida where children had to be six-years-old by January 1st in order to be eligible. My early December birthday made me a candidate. But when I began […]
I was in the 6th grade when my daddy summoned me out of Sunday School class one Sunday. I thought I was in trouble! Waiting out in the hallway was Bro. Dewitt Pickering, the minister of music at my church, and he said he needed a favor. The main pianist had called in sick and […]
On February 9th I started my last class for my master’s degree in English and Creative Writing. The class is a capstone in which I will write and submit my master’s thesis. Students in the class have a choice of constructing an anthology of adapted writings already submitted in this program with additional cohesive transitions, […]
It happened AGAIN! A few months ago I wrote about losing my purse. For hours I had searched and searched and searched all over my house. I knew it was here but somehow it wasn’t to be found. Unfortunately my cell phone was in my pocket and not in its usual pouch in my purse, […]
The retina specialist warned me that the longer the name of the disease the less doctors know about it. That was right before he told me that I had Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy—a paracentral scotoma. Yeah. Me neither. Basically it’s a blind spot. Caused by the stoppage of blood flow to a small part of my […]
When Dennis and I got married, one of us (I think it was him) had a poster that we hung on the wall of our first apartment (…it was the ‘70’s). The poster was of a poem called “Desiderata.” I had forgotten about it until recently Dennis mentioned it, so I looked up the source […]
Forty years ago today, I married a total stranger. I know, most people say they married “their best friend” but Dennis and I can’t make that claim. We had only known each other for six months and half of that time we lived in different states. So, though we weren’t total strangers we had a […]
I’m really stepping out of my comfort zone! I used to play the piano okay in my youth, but since I married an excellent pianist 40 years ago, I haven’t had the need to play much—until now. I made the mistake of telling Dr. Becky Lombard who teaches piano at Truett-McConnell College, that Dennis and I […]
Last weekend Dennis and I were part of a songwriters’ retreat. On Friday morning we were given an assignment – to quietly, individually read a very familiar story and then to answer a few questions that would lead back to the group discussion on spiritual disciplines. Here’s the story we were to read from Luke […]