Category Archives: hope

A Bear-y New Year

Posted on January 6, 2023 by maryannniemczura

Pardon me while I slip into my new role as Grandmother.  When I ran errands today, some decorations remained from the holidays. I just couldn’t resist the colors and bears. Running through my head were stories beginning with Once Upon … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature’s Sense of Humor

Posted on April 2, 2021 by maryannniemczura

 Mother Nature provided us an April Fool’s joke. Spring snow. That is Upstate New York. Our daffodils shivered in the cold, windy garden. Tis’ Easter season with ladies wearing their finery and Easter bonnets of all colors decorated with flowers. … Continue reading →

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Hope Sustains, Hope Remains

Posted on April 10, 2020 by maryannniemczura

  Even as snow covers the ground, there is hope of spring -it will finally arrive. Rampant, worldwide pandemic affects all of us; yet, there is hope, HOPE. Look into the eyes of a child anticipating gifts for birthdays and … Continue reading →

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Spring Signals Hope

Posted on May 2, 2015 by maryannniemczura

After a protracted, arduous winter in Central New York, there are glimpses of spring. The days are getting warmer now. The wonders nature has to offer abound. The daffodils and forsythia smile forth in yellow blossoms. The bright sun beckoned … Continue reading →

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