Tag Archives: family

Consider This!

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

  What are you grateful for today? I am grateful for love, family, faith and friends. I am grateful for health and food on the table. How do you show others your thankfulness? I show a smile, a touch, kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Considerations, family, love, Nostalgia, showing thankfulness | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

In Praise and Gratitude

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

For eyes that see and ears that hear, For family and friends far and near, I sing praises and blow a kiss. Permit me to reminisce: For countless hours of practice, I am grateful to sing in choral groups. Shakespeare … Continue reading →

Posted in gratitude, Massachusetts, music, praise, Shakespeare | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Sage Advice from an Elder

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

My mother succinctly declared one day when I was a teen that she found it difficult to fathom why an adult child would declare a family elder as incapable of living alone after a spouse passes. A church friend who … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, downsizing, independent living, senior living | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Mother’s Day Prayer: from my Heart to Yours!

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

Let me  take joy in ordinary events: chores such as laundry, cooking and shopping. Let me make time to listen to others and share. There is so much joy to find in the little things. Birds are busy building nests in … Continue reading →

Posted in a prayer, birthday prayer, taking joy in life | Tagged , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Friend at Church

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

  It seems the pace of life has quickened and the calendar is full with events, rehearsals and appointments. Today’s post is a blitz poem which is a 50-line poem of short phrases and images and a few rules.  It feels … Continue reading →

Posted in church attire, family, friends, neighbors, piano, snowman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

How Learning German Changed My Life

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

What do you consider most important in your life? Looking back, was there a single turning point in your life which made you who you are today?  Probably, like most of us, life’s most eventful moments come in a series … Continue reading →

Posted in Achtung Baby by Sara Zaske, education in Germany vs. education in the U.S., family, Fulbright Teacher, German language, study in Germany, teaching German, tolerant individuals, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, University of Colorado, Boulder, vocational education | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 39 Comments

A Birthday Prayer

Posted on January 12, 2018 by

My tall, dark handsome husband and father is a pearl of great value. This Sunday is his birthday. I will say a prayer of gratitude that we met all those many moons ago and found each other, married and had … Continue reading →

Posted in birthday prayer, my husband, scrabble games, singing together | Tagged , , , , , , | 69 Comments