AAAAHHHHH! The long, hot dog days of summer are almost over! The tax holidays have passed and all the children are newly clothed for a brand new school year! Are they happy? Perhaps. Mainly glad for the change of pace. Are the parents happy? Oh yes!! A couple of...
Family celebration
I have just returned from a family oriented vacation. Yeah, I know. You're saying not another one! I get it. It's no fun listening to someone drone on and on about his/her vacation and showing a million and one pictures that mean nothing to you. So I won't do that....
Precious Thoughts about Mother’s Day and how it’s meaning has evolved over the years
Thinking about upcoming Mothers' Day, I was trying to remember some of the traditions from long ago. What came to mind were old time traditions, not necessarily associated with Mothers' Day per se, but things that most mothers did on a regular basis. For instance,...
EASTER
EASTER. What a loaded word!! One can conjure up a thousand images: bunnies, eggs, flowers, crosses, sacrificial lambs, etc. None of these reflect the true meaning of the day. Thousands of years ago, a simple "fisher of men" took the world by storm with a new concept...
Getting back to the “Old School” basics – Manners!!!
Getting back to the "Old School" basics - Manners!!! Sitting in my car the other day in the parking lot, waiting for the rain to lessen, I saw a "little old lady" exit the store. She was pushing a grocery cart loaded with so many items which, I believe, must have...