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November Twenty-fifth May we Remember, Realize and be Grateful
And it has begun. I wandered into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee. I have fed the cats and added wood to the wood stove. I’ll have to check and see if the fire built back up as … Continue reading
November Twelfth Thankful for Distance
Distance The conversation went from talking about my grand or great nephew (both fit in several ways) bagging a deer to her washing machine to my past relationships. How? With mom it is easy. At the point where it became … Continue reading
September Twenty-ninth Moving Beyond and Through A Jaded Heart To One of Kindness and Compassion
We become desensitized. I recall as a child, seeing the commercials on television for the starving children. I saw the commercials for the animals being mistreated. The commercials did to a child’s heart what they intended. Other kids were hungry … Continue reading
September Twenty-eighth; When a Come Apart, is a Come Together
It happens. Life sometimes hands us stuff that sends us right to the edge of a come apart. I wrote a little about that yesterday, ‘come apart’ old time southern slang for losing your cool. There are obviously, some things … Continue reading
Day270; Footnotes Its All Ducky Preparing for Show and Shine
DING!! Star, my Jeep, was letting me know something. I needed to go to the bank today. I was being sort of lazy and didn’t want to go for what ever reason. I finished my morning post, after lunch, and … Continue reading
Day 258; Footnotes Thoughts on Love Like Lauren and Jeep Show and Shine
If you know me, if you have read some of the things I share…you know I am not one to just jump in the car and go. Once upon a time I did. Once upon a time I felt braver. … Continue reading
Childhood Cancer Awareness and a Benefit to Help Fight This Enemy
I…am an adult cancer survivor. I went into battle when I was fifty years old. I faced my opponent of breast cancer and won. A lumpectomy, radiation treatments and three years of medication and I walked away. I….walked…away. Within months … Continue reading
September Thirteenth; One More
One more….I watched a movie on Youtube that I had kept seeing previews for on social media. I remember seeing them back when the movie first came out and was curious then, but had not seen it until now. The … Continue reading
Day 219; Footnotes of When All Good Plans Fall Through
Well that didn’t work as hoped. It didn’t surprise me, but I still wished it had worked out in my favor. A couple of weeks ago I saw an ad for a mobile mammogram that was going to be at … Continue reading
Happy Birthday my Brother I Miss You
Today, my brother, is your birthday. Are birthdays celebrated in Heaven? Or do you celebrate your day of arrival home? Maybe both. I wonder, if you have any idea how badly you are missed? I know you would be so … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 