Friendship

Live & give

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much love your God, show me how much you love all His children. Before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion [...]

Categories: Animals, Faith, Family, Friendship, Life, Love, Personal, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | 31 Comments

Keeping my Sundays

I don’t know about you but lately, life’s come at me fast. My job’s been hectic and our social life equally so.  Recent rains mean the yard needs attention. This old house is always needy and it feels like someone’s calling for me on a steady basis.  I have scrapbooks to finish and graduation invites [...]

Categories: Animals, Attitude, Faith, Friendship, Growth, Home, Joy, Life, Quotes, Thoughts, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | 30 Comments

Catching it

Lately, I’ve caught a lot: I’ve caught up on my sleep after catching the walking bug I’ve caught wind of some good networking info. I’ve caught myself laughing, singing along and trying new things. I’ve caught more tasks than I bargained for in team meetings and made it through to tell the tale. I’ve caught [...]

Categories: Attitude, Confidence at any age, Friendship, Fun, Life, Quotes, Relationships, Self Discovery, Thoughts | Tags: , , , , , | 28 Comments

With a click & a prayer

My friend, Sandi, blogs about her adventures as a Dukan-living midwife in China. We’ve never met, but I can tell you this: she’s a fascinating woman with a great spirit and someone I would love to meet in person one day. Sandi wrote a post on behalf of her beautiful grand-daughter, Celeste.  An excerpt: As [...]

Categories: Blogging, Charity, Determination, Faith, Friendship, Home, Life | Tags: , , , , , | 11 Comments

ABCs – easy as 1-2-3

Both Jeanette at A View from the Middle and Dianna at These Days of Mine presented me with a new blog award, the ABC (Awesome Blog Content) award recently.  Thank you ladies; I am honored that you feel my blog has awesome content! When accepting the ABC award , the recipient is supposed to list [...]

Categories: Faith, Family, Friendship, Home, Joy, Life, Love, Personal, Relationships, Self Discovery, Uncategorized, Women | Tags: , , , , | 28 Comments

Starting points

As I neared the check-out lines, I overheard one of the clerks saying something about Bangladesh to another. When he saw I was ready to be rang up, he quickly scampered over and got into position behind the till.  While he was scanning my purchases I asked, “did I hear you mention Bangladesh?” and he [...]

Categories: Friendship, Life, Quotes, Travel | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Genuine Sunshine & Inspirational Hugs

Over the past little bit, Dianna at These Days of Mine has been very kind and very busy – she’s been busy sharing with me the following blogging awards: the Sunshine Award, The Genuine Blog Award, the HUG Award and, just this week, the Very Inspiring Blog Award.    Wowza!   I am happy to be [...]

Categories: Attitude, Blogging, Faith, Friendship, Fun, Gratitude, Joy, Life, Quotes, Relationships, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | 35 Comments

Whiskey on a Sunday

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and as a tribute to all the “Mc’s” and “Mac’s” in my lineage, I give you this traditional Irish Blessing: May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your [...]

Categories: Attitude, Friendship, Holidays, Joy, Life, music, Relationships, Thoughts, Traditions | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

The look

“You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, “My God, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!” – Dave Barry I had just that kind of conversation with Frankie last night; his support never wavers! Do you converse with your pets? For more [...]

Categories: Animals, Friendship, Fun, Home, Joy, Life, Personal, Quotes | Tags: , , , | 41 Comments

An ear what?

Ever been in the middle of a task only to find a particular song or phrase stuck in your head?  As in moved in and taken up residence? I have and it happens to me often. And it can be charming or annoying as what. Sometimes it’s a song that I learned in grade school: [...]

Categories: Friendship, Fun, Life, music, Thoughts | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments

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