You: “Those look like noodles up there.” Me: “You’d be right.” You: “Isn’t this a genealogy blog?” Me: “Right again.” You: “Why, then, are we looking at noodles?!” Me: “I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for several months.” You: “Why?” Me: “We’ve had a cancer diagnosis.” Sometimes life knocks us flat and we don’t know…
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~ John Burroughs “Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ~John Howard Bryant
I’ve been thinking lately about posterity. It comes with the prominence of wrinkles. I’ve wondered what my children will remember most about me. It might be that I was a strict mother (She was mean!), or that I preferred family time over all else (She never let us have our friends over!), or that I…
“Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.” ~ Barbara De Angelis I’ve been thinking lately about a near miss, something that happened in March that still gives me pause. It started out as a much-needed girls’…
“I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.” ~ Maya Angelou From my yard to yours: And, some not from…
“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails.” ~ Elizabeth Edwards Who said retirement was fabulous? Who said it would be easy? I want names and numbers (so I can wring their slimy little necks and give them a piece of my mind….). Yeah, you…
finding merle 