Sometimes we all need a little light in our lives. For the last several years I have hung a multi-sided Moravian star on our front porch at Christmas. A light bulb on the inside shines day and night and it acts as a porch light for our old house, as well as lighting our front… Continue reading Shining a Light
For Christmas this year, my friend Rhonda gave me an amaryllis bulb encased in a round ball of red wax. I set it on the little table in my dining room and soon it produced beautiful red blooms. “That was nice,” I thought, clipped off the flowers when they finished blooming, and figured it was… Continue reading Unexpected Blessings
For the last several years, a crack has been forming in the plaster ceiling above my desk in my office/junk room. Even though it has loomed ominously over my head, threatening to fall in at any minute, I have procrastinated getting it fixed. I dreaded the thought of having to clean out the accumulation of… Continue reading Down Memory Lane
I sit in front of the Christmas tree early on New Year’s Day. Through the front windows I watch the sun coming up over the tree line of the Browns’ pasture, orange and blue. My Moravian star shines over the porch, moving slightly in the wind, a reminder of my North Carolina roots. I have… Continue reading Winter Rest
A few weeks ago Adam, Jess and I celebrated Adam’s birthday by going to see Paul McCartney in Atlanta. Although Adam and Jess loved the show, in truth the concert may have been more a gift for me. But after all, Adam wouldn’t have a birthday if it wasn’t for me, so I should be… Continue reading Let It Be
Under the Magnolia Tree 