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 …
Continue reading Worry about yourself first and other life lessons.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photography-of-person-covering-face-Zi8-E3qJ_RM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash I look in the mirror, not understanding what I see. It must be my reflection but how can it be, all the lines on my face but I cannot recall how they managed to get there; I can’t remember at all. My life must have been amazing, so noble and good, …
Continue reading A day with dementia
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/PGnqT0rXWLs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I love sleeping on freshly laundered sheets. Oh, the smell and feel of freshly washed sheets; that slight scent of bleach and the crispness of unwrinkled sheets feels heavenly. I don’t like, however, to fold sheets. I don’t care how many videos I have seen of “how to fold fitted sheets …
Continue reading The reward outweighs the process.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/XZ0xN0hmpi4?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink We’ve all heard some of the wise cracks, or memes about getting older; “The golden years aren’t so golden”, “use it before you lose it”, “the older I get, the earlier it gets late”, or various other quotes. How about reminiscing on how you used to listen to loud music in …
Continue reading Getting older and giving grace: a look at technology
Thank you to the many who have subscribed to this blog and taken the time to comment. My posts have been a little slower during the Holiday season, but I am ready to ramp back up! I read every comment that is posted and look forward to the messages my subscribers leave. As we go …
Continue reading Thoughts for new content and information for subscribers
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/bJPn27RFg0Y?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink At church today, I listened to a sermon about celebrating Thanksgiving before Christmas. Sounds kind of odd right? I mean, Thanksgiving is before Christmas on the calendar, why would we have to be reminded of it? The speaker went on to talk about the growing trend of people jumping right from …
Continue reading Thanksgiving attitude: How to have a thankful heart everyday.
Photo courtesy of https://unsplash.com/photos/httxBNGKapo?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I was born in the 60’s; a time when there were race riots and war protests along with many other political events, we were in the middle of the Vietnam war, but I was too young to really know what was going on. By the time I was three years of …
Continue reading Life lessons from my Mom
From top to bottom, left to right: Upside down Snickers, Snickers in her skeleton costume, Snickers and her friend, Zoe, the night before Zoe had to go to the rainbow bridge, Sassy Sophie, Sophie in her PJ's, Serious Sophie. The last picture is out of order, but it is Snickers opening her Christmas present. Pet …
Continue reading There is heartache and pain of losing a pet, but so worth the joy.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/tWk8GRnEpV8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Being thankful is a mindset and takes practice. Have you ever met that person that has a positive comment after something bad happens to you? They may say something like “Oh, at least you didn’t get hurt” after a car accident, or “It could have been so much worse” after you …
Continue reading From misfortune to thankfulness
We all have bucket lists; some of us have them in our head and others actually have a list of things to do before they die. The problem is; we never know when that is. I was walking to a restaurant in Champaign, Illinois, with a good friend of mine when we saw a huge …
Continue reading Bucket list chalkboard
The Encouraged Woman 