Several years ago a couple from our church gave us some lavender cookies AND a package of organic lavender. Thus began a new ministry of making lavender cookies to gift, especially for friends going through chemotherapy. There’s something about the lavender that helps control nausea. Disclaimer: It may not work …
If you know anything about me, you are acutely aware that I would rather read a good book than do just about anything. Travel, movies, TV, Mah Jongg, and even Karaoke take a back seat to my love of reading. One of my best friends since 1975, Judy B, shares …
For those of you who have asked why I haven’t blogged for quite a while, here are some of the reasons: We’ve been away from Arizona all of November so far except for 5 days. First a trip to Boise and then to Las Vegas. While traveling and since returning …
Written by Jeremy Pyles for my parents 35th Anniversary Party in July, 2002. I remember the day when we brought our parents home from the hospital. They looked so young and beautiful and innocent. Little did we know what sort of trouble they would create, all the predicaments they would get …
Back in 1990 there was a movie “Postcards from the Edge” so starting about a year ago when anonymous postcards kept finding their way into our mailbox, I was quite puzzled. Over the past year some have been addressed to me and others to both Jerry & me. There’s never …
Just had an encouraging phone conversation with an agent at TSA Cares! Last week Jerry and I flew out of PHX Sky Harbor. Even though we both have TSA pre-check, I always opt to tell them that I have an artificial knee. They want me to go through the full …
It has been over a year since Jerry set up this blog site for me, and finally last week I posted the first blog. However, only the ladies in my Thursday Bible study have been told about it! That wouldn’t be a big deal, but I’m feeling guilty because friends …
IS THERE AN ESTHER IN YOUR LIFE? An old Richard and Karen Carpenter song with the following lyrics has a powerful message: Sometimes, not often enough, we reflect upon the good things, and those thoughts always center around those we love……and I think about those people who mean so much …
This is Charlotte’s new Blog – Seriously! … You can get to it by going to the Web URL Address: seriously-thecharlottefiles.com