A Miracle |
I have just returned from Colorado where I was present for the birth of my newest grandchild, a grandson. There is nothing more special than to see a grandchild for the first time and to hold him in m...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 20:12:00 GMT |
Time grows heavy... |
For several years I knew that I was going to retire this last spring. It seemed like the thing to do, especially since my husband had experienced a stroke two years earlier. Friends told m...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:34:00 GMT |
The Disappointments of Christmas... |
TV Commercials make it look like everyone has the same kind of Christmas. You know the kind....with mothers making Christmas cookies and candies, the family putting up the tree and decorati...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:36:00 GMT |
A new experience coming up... |
Now that I am retired and I have time to do things I never could do before, I have made mental lists of things I want to do. Some are things I "don't" really want to do but things I "should" do!...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT |
November and all that it brings... |
I love November when the air is crisp and you can smell wood smoke in the air. The leaves crunch under my footsteps and frost decorates the lawn in the early morning.
I love November becau...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:37:00 GMT |
A Problem |
As I greeted my ten and eleven year olds at the door in the morning I noted how childlike they still were, giggling and talking as they came in the door. As they hung their jackets in the hallwa...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:18:00 GMT |
The mess the world is in... |
I am so tired of all the political rhetoric that is on the air all day long! The more I hear of all of them, the more disillusioned I am.
This coming election will be one of the most impor...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:03:00 GMT |
Traveling the Bumpy Journey with My Parents |
I have just returned from a trip to Kansas to visit my parents. It was one that I will not soon forget. You see, it is the first time that I have experienced visiting a nursing home w...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:16:00 GMT |
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
What is your opinion about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's invitation to speak at one of our more prestigious universities?
Please don't misinterpret me. I believe that university...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:52:00 GMT |
The first days of retirement... |
In May I retired after 37 years of teaching. I loved teaching and it was the only job I ever had. It consumed my life, actually. I taught all year and in the summer I would go to sch...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:30:00 GMT |
