I wish you happiness; in the morning and in your dreams. I wish you peace every hour of your day. I wish you love in the spring time and a bottle of wine for the good times. I wish you joy,... Read more >>

This is my formal thank you letter to my soon to be ex!  I thought about this one day because it is senseless to waste time and energy missing someone who was never the one for... Read more >>

Last Sunday, my husband and I visited the local Unitarian church that feeds us so well. Jim and I sat near the front. The day’s leader took her place, lit the candles, and led the prayers... Read more >>

Not too long before the days of email and texting there was the art of letter writing and the proper thank you note. It seems saying thank you has become an unconscious thought and often the etiquette... Read more >>

A few weeks ago, I was mindlessly unpacking groceries when my two-and-a-half-year-old son delightfully cut through my daze. He had spotted a special treat I had picked up for him at the store and... Read more >>

She lay there in her hospital bed, pale and still. Family and friends had been notified that it was time to say our last good-byes, and we had arrived before anyone else. The doctors said that Linda... Read more >>

I call her “Mama,” a four-letter word whose very mention inspires a flurry of emotions in my heart. We all become poetic, in one way or the other, when it comes to describing or... Read more >>

I was brought up with a Southern mother who drummed into us the lesson that it doesn’t matter if someone gives you a diamond or a dandelion,  thank-you notes are a must. And for the most... Read more >>

“SURGERY,” I had written in bold red letters on the calendar square for January 30, 2008. I scheduled my thyroid surgery for early in the year thinking I would supply the remaining eleven... Read more >>

Sometimes I’m so taken by the beauty of this earth. Beautiful blue skies, rolling hillsides, grass so green, birds chirping, flying, scents so intoxicating … the list is endless. Why, I... Read more >>