My container garden is in full bloom, thanks to my family. Friday, the remnants of last year’s flowers still languished in flower pots, leftover leaves lay here and there, and everything was in need of help. Not this morning. This morning, the triangular area in front of my porch is awash with color and beauty, […]
Feb 17, 2017
Love is Where the Heart Is
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“That’s where my heart is,” my friend told me softly, her blue eyes shining. She was talking about Little Rock. Her son lived there. I have a feeling if her son had lived in Timbuktu, her heart would have been there with him. Love! It’s the indescribable feeling that makes each day worthwhile and each […]
Dec 23, 2016
My Gifts to You at Christmas
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“Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee,” (Acts 3:6). So saying, Peter and John, specially blessed by God, gave a lame man the gift of walking. I have no miraculous abilities, but I do have a heart of gratitude: of thankfulness to God for the gift of His […]
Aug 23, 2013
Darkness Before the Dawn
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Such a quiet, peaceful morning. The moon casts house and tree shadows along my street. I’ll venture to say that of all the people on this short street, I am the only one awake at this hour. Maybe not. I certainly don’t know if some of my neighbors find sleep elusive for one reason or […]
Jun 8, 2013
Sitting Down to Breakfast
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As I get older, I think about “the good old days” and the way things used to be. I am grateful for my grandchildren who keep me anchored to the “here and now” and make the present a lively, happy place to be. In the back of my second Etta book, Remembering Etta Bend, I included […]
Apr 18, 2013
When the Storms Come
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I look out my front room window at a world blurred by rain. In fact, the rain is coming down so hard that it’s rather like a filmy gray curtain drawn across the green of springtime. A small bird dodged under the overhanging eave of the house and now clings to the bricks, sheltering from […]
