My two year old granddaughter thinks she is hot stuff! Ryleigh is a happy little girl, watches everyone with big, curious eyes, loves jumping and has more energy than 3 adults. She is stubborn when she wants something, like water in 4 different cups, or doesn’t want something, like taking a nap. Ryleigh knows what […]

Many days before I get out of bed, I start thinking thoughts of appreciation. It sounds ridiculous but here’s the way I start: I appreciate: my comfortable pillow, the clean sheets, the pretty quilt on our bed, having a really good A/C unit that keeps our house cool. (I live in the South so having […]

Sometimes I feel so alone, so out of sync with others, so by myself. I’ve got lots of friends and family who love me, but there are times they just don’t seem to understand me, or what makes me tick. I feel I’m on a path that not very many people take. One that is […]

From a young child many of us were taught that if we made a mistake or did something wrong, according to someone else, that we were stupid and unworthy of being loved. It’s no wonder that we grow up to be adults who are afraid to make a decision, afraid to make the wrong choice, […]

In Toastmasters there is a fairly new program called Pathways. The path I’m on is called Presentation Mastery. One of the electives that I have chosen to do is to write 8 blog posts in one month. Yikes!! I’m doing this because it would be a challenge for me and sometimes I just have to […]