In 1974 my sweet Jerry was temporarily laid off work for two weeks over the holidays, with no paycheck coming in. Just recently out of the military, we had put our meager savings into a down payment on our first home with a bare minimum for furniture. We drove nonstop …
Over the past months leading up to this coming Tuesday and the election, I have seen the relationships between families and friends damaged or even destroyed over politics. A few months ago I posted something on Facebook that caused quite a stir amongst some friends (and readers who don’t even …
Response to my previous blog has been overwhelming, and I don’t have time or energy to answer each email individually. Therefore, I decided to call on Henry to handle the follow up. He also has a website, www.theworldaccordingtohenry.com and served our country as a soldier in many locations including Viet …
Over the past weeks I’ve given thought to what I could possibly say about politics that hasn’t been covered by every talking head in the world. There’s so much anger, hurt, disappointment and distrust in our nation that I see only one answer for getting through the weeks, months and …
Why haven’t I been blogging? Well, what do you write about when the world around you has gone bonkers and people are making total greedy, angry, malicious, murderous fools of themselves? A lot of emotions and more than a few negative thoughts have gone through my mind lately, so what …
There’s a tendency I have to romanticize, and perhaps that is what I have done with my recollections of Lake Street in Minneapolis. There’s no need to post pictures of that street. You can find plenty of depressing ones on Google. When I met Jerry on July 1, 1966, it …
A few months ago one of our dear neighbors asked if our kitty cats liked tuna because they had several cans to give away. I thought maybe it was some off-brand packed in oil, but it was actually a well-known brand and one that we frequently purchase at Costco. Jerry …
For many months my dear husband and I talked about the year 2020 and how exciting it was going to be for both of us since he would turn 75 on May 8 and I hope to make it to July 27 for my 75th. Since the Bible tells us …
Obviously I’m no poet, and my feet show. They are size 9 long fellows, but we had some good news yesterday and this crazy attempt at poetry just kind of flew through my mind. Because of daily doses of oral chemo over the past 4 years, my brain is foggy …
Yes, I changed this old saying a little bit. It’s really “laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.” Both versions are big fat lies. I am serious because I have whined and cried and called out to the Lord to heal our son and his …