A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
My Idealistic List of Things To Do is quickly becoming My Impossible List of Things To Do. I don’t think I’m going to make it to perfection once again this year.No matter. I knew better anyway. The kids are ready, and coasting into Christmas…
Little Belle has a hymn that she sings,
She wouldn’t trade it for loftier things.
She’s inclined to ignore,
Her distinction as poor,
And grows rich on the joy her song brings.
There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself, or a better natural taste. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.
Last weekend after the baby shower, my friend Gabrielle and I met up at Maggianos for dinner. She is in school and taking a music appreciation course that requires her to attend a musical theater event. She invited me to join her so I bought dinner and…
From the hill where we often turn into our neighborhood you can see the slightest outline of the Nashville skyline. The sun was setting last Sunday afternoon and as we crossed the street into the subdivision I stuck my little Canon PowerShot out the pas…
A girl who was sad and forlorn,
Cupped her hands ore the heart that was torn,
She protected it well,
As her countenance fell,
And her life traded flower for thorn.
Sometimes I feel a bit like my washing machine. I’m not the most expensive model out there, but I get the job done. I am not out with all the other appliances, working where people can see me and getting polished and shined on a more regular basis. I…
I had a lovely visit with my cousin Cheryl this weekend.We had been planning it for some time, although it didn’t require a lot of planning. She just wanted to hang out with us. She wasn’t coming to see Nashville, just us. So we only left the hous…
I spoke to my sister, the pregnant one, the one who travels, the one who is going to need a larger vehicle for all those kids, about setting some of my greeting cards out on their product table during their concerts. She liked the idea and had been sche…
Today I have spent hours designing cards. Not making them mind you…designing them, on the computer with nothing but an electronic file to show for it. I’m tired and that’s all I have. It is difficult for me to feel good about my work when there is n…