Taking lessons from gardening. As I was out doing yardwork with my husband last week, I started on our knockout rose bushes. We have them on either side of our house, and they are as beautiful as they are prolific. They do, however, get messy once the blooms start to die and shed their petals. …
Author: Lana
I am in my 50's and want to encourage women of all ages and all walks of life to be the best version of themselves. I am an Operations Director, by trade. I am married and have 5 grandchildren. I love nature, animals, cooking, and low impact exercise. I am a midwest girl at heart; I grew up in Illinois and lived in Oregon for four years before moving to Georgia. My father lives with my husband and me as of July this year.
My family and I have had several curve balls and misfortunes thrown our way this year. I have created this site to encourage, uplift, inspire, and help women through other women. Let's have fun, see the humor in our situations, be brave, bold, and courageous to share tips about navigating through this life. There is much to celebrate in being a woman!
Worry about yourself first and other life lessons.
Have you ever heard the phrase “judge not lest ye be judged” or how about “don’t look at the sliver in your brother’s eye without first removing the plank from your own”? How easy is it to make sure someone else is doing what they are supposed to and not pay attention to our own …
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The Forgiven
As she drove home, she had tears rolling down her eyes, recalling what her sister told her a few hours ago. Kay was at work, when her sister called with the news that would change Kay in ways she couldn’t understand. Amelia never called her while she was at work; normally, she would text Kay …
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Love never fails
Rose swept her eyes over the grand room and foyer before closing the door to her home forever. Had it really been 45 years since she and Ray bought this house? She smiled as she thought of the joy, fear, and anticipation of this four-bedroom home as they signed the loan agreement. Their son Caleb …
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Divine appointment
Maggie was still digesting what had just happened. She was still shrouded in the darkness of the eclipse, but she was sweating. Did she really just see and hear what she thought? Had she really felt the electricity through her veins, the unearthly power? Her head was spinning, but she felt the weight of the …
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Sneaking away; a hike to remember.
Image compliments of : https://unsplash.com/photos/person-hiking-above-mountain-overlooking-river-znoL1m6MD_k?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash Edwina couldn’t wait to get to the Orchard and relax under the newly budding apple trees. It was the first sprouting of Spring buds, and the remaining 30 minutes left of her 2-hour drive was killing her with anticipation. It was 8:30 in the morning and her family blessed her …
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It’s a very, very mad world.
From the song "Mad World" by Tears for Fears. In the 1982 Tears for Fears song “Mad World”, we find a very catchy, dark melody that sings and screams of loneliness and despair. The singer states, in a melancholy sound “And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams …
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Wrong way on a one-way track.
My thoughts on the Soul Asylum song 'Runaway train' “Wrong way on a one-way track, seems like I should be getting’ somewhere, somehow, I’m neither here nor there.” Have you ever felt that way? The official video of this song is moving. It evokes emotions by showing pictures of missing children. The song is touted …
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A mountain of dreams.
Standin’ on a hill in the mountain of dreams, tellin’ myself it’s not as hard, hard, hard as it seems. Wow! The entire song “Going to California” by Led Zeppelin has got to be one of my favorites; but then I say that about a lot of Led Zeppelin songs. The paragraph preceding this lyric …
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The Fishbowl
Taken from Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year. Many people have written about the meaning of this song and these lyrics, so this will be brief. I tried not to read anyone else’s interpretation because I didn’t want to sound plagiaristic. A lost …
The Encouraged Woman 