This section uses some fiction mixed with real life stories to encourage and uplift the reader.
Image compliments of: https://unsplash.com/photos/rydQVdwcgUQ?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Prologue: This is another story that was conceived during my sister time. The first was called The Selfie. We were having fun hiking when nature called. Afterwards, we started joking about what would happen if two of us went and when we came back, two were gone. The story grew from …
Continue reading The trail of terror
Image compliments of: https://unsplash.com/photos/cMVRsfY8R3Q?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Prelude: I would be remiss if I didn't add how this story came about. Remember, this section is called Part-Fiction. The truth to this story is that there really were four best of friends that got together: my three sisters and me. We really did have a girl's weekend and we …
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/gr_Ia8kzwFs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Chapter 1 Margie was just finishing up the dishes when she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She had been home from work for an hour and was cleaning up before Brad got home. She loved being alone for that hour of the day; it gave her time …
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/qkJmcJR-r5k?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink The word sundown sounds serene, doesn’t it? Sundown conjures up images of beautiful orange and red skies with the last bit of the sun going down the landscape. If you live with someone with dementia, the word sundown, or sundowning conjures up a very different meaning. People with Alzheimer’s or severe …
photo compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/Ju-ITc1Cc0w?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink The rain continued to pour down as Maggie looked out the bedroom window of her downtown condo. It seemed like it would never quit raining and she was eager to get out to finish her yardwork. The condo association had a shared, rooftop garden space for all of the owners to …
Continue reading Maggie’s journey through infertility and on to help others.
Jack smiled as he finished his telephone conversation with his only son, Jackson. Life was not an easy road for them as Jackson navigated in and out of trouble throughout his childhood. It started after his wife, Lorena, passed away. Jackson was 7 years old and had been sort of a momma’s boy; he and …
Continue reading Jackson’s journey: troubles, tribulations, and triumph to heal others.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/z7rcwqCi77s?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Introduction: In this latest story, I took a risk. The human portion is mostly true; two dogs really were found and reunited with their owners. Noone really knows how they got so far from their home. I decided to add the dog's point of view to the story. In any of …
Continue reading Jo and Ella; a journey two dogs took to get back to their people.
Image courtesy of https://unsplash.com/photos/rX12B5uX7QM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Callie sat staring out at the gray skies, trying to digest everything she had been through the last 10 years of her life. The overcast, dark gray sky and the constant drizzle of the day matched her mood. Come to think of it, she didn’t really have a mood; she was …
Photo compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/RK2XU4WQ2KI?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Charli hoped the meteorologist was correct about the snowfall. He indicated a possibility of 18” overnight, starting at midnight. If he was correct, she knew her employer would close. She loved her job, but she really wanted a stay-at-home-in-jammies kind of day. She had been at the Dental Clinic for 10 …
Continue reading I’ll take Midnight; a cat’s rescue and an epic winter storm.
Photo courtesy of https://unsplash.com/photos/WJO1Me7laYw?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Abigail loves animals; she has had a heart for them for as long as she can remember. She used to cry if she saw a baby bird that had fallen out of the nest only to hear her mother tell her not to touch it, or she’d get lice. She remembered, …
Continue reading A shelter trip to remember.
The Encouraged Woman 