When I was an elementary school child living a stone’s throw from my maternal grandparents, for a time my normal morning routine was to walk to Mom and Pop’s house, eat breakfast, and be walked to school by Pop. The thing I remember most about breakfast was what Mom (that's what I called my grandmother) … Continue reading Is Your Jelly Sweet Enough?
The Easter season for me every year is a time of serious reflection as it was on Easter Sunday in 1999 that my husband at age fifty-two passed from this life into the next. Our three young adult children and I didn't see his death coming until there was a crisis moment when he ended … Continue reading Finding Hope on Holy Ground
As I was video-chatting with one of my grandsons, our conversation drifted to a time in my marriage before my husband and I had children. I told this grandson that my first full-time teaching position was in the adjacent community of Jeffersontown, known to most of us as J-town. My husband Edgar was working as … Continue reading Special Delivery: Good Doughnuts and Good Memories
Every morning when I walk into my SUNSHINE ROOM my attitude for the day is uplifted. I'm always amazed at how the crystal prism hanging from a window near the ceiling divides the light coming in from the sun. There are patterns splashed over the walls and floor which no computer-generated artificial intelligence can rival! … Continue reading The Sun Still Shines Bright on My Ol’ Kentucky Home
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