I got a call in the wee hours of the morning. It was a frantic call…a call from someone I did not know but who knew Jerry well and knew I could help if anyone could. “He’s in a coma at the county hospital and they need someone from his family to come quickly.†the […]
In the last months of 2008 and on into 2009 I have been involved in some eye-open experiences. They have not just been eye-opening. They have been mixed with a flood of emotions that range from despair to hope, to anger and to hope again.  They have been in a world where I am […]
I have to admit I am not a gardener. My backyard squirrels constantly ate the live flowers I planted each of the first four years so I went with silk flowers and I am a happy camper.  For you professional gardeners and lawn manicurists, I suspect you are horrified to hear that someone actually […]
It’s was 6:45 a.m. here when I sat down to begin writing this. Everyone was still asleep in my house but me. Â I had been on the phone early wishing my Aunt Mary in Wales a Merry Christmas. Â This year, Father Christmas brought the best gift ever to me…at least thus far. Â My brother, […]
Every once in a while I visit her website. She is a young woman by my standards. She and her husband found out they could not have children so they began the process of adoption. She started her blog – www.flossiemae.blogspot.com – “Waiting Child†– to share her family’s journey into adoption and the struggles […]