Day 329: My older siblings have done an excellent job of making me feel like I belong, even though I came along a lot later than they...

Day 328: The Saturday after Thanksgiving is traditionally Leftovers, Puzzles, and Games Day at our house. Everyone is ready for another...

Black Friday. The Shopping Day Heard Round the World. My mother explained to me Black Friday was the day merchandisers sold enough stock...

Day 326: Happy Thanksgiving from our hearth to yours! With every year that passes, I have more questions about Heaven and its comings and...

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! For the last 38 years, my husband and I have attempted to be the first to say this to the other. The reason? I...

Entrances, Exits, and Empty Chairs. In 2016, we had the privilege of having my 91-year-old mother-in-law with us for Thanksgiving. We...

We’re coming up on Thanksgiving, and with all this reminiscing I’ve been doing, I had this flashback to a Thanksgiving I haven’t thought...

For a woman who felt you needed to be on your feet and on your way, being on her feet was a larger order than most people knew. All the...

Day 320: Lesson Learned: Mom used to say “Bedridden is too close to the grave for me. Help me get on my feet.” She may have been mostly...

Day 319: Lesson Learned: When we moved into our first home 24 years ago and I was a young mom in my twenties, the first women to befriend...

Day 318: When we bought this house 24 years ago, my mom said “How exciting! A pioneer home! You know, it wouldn’t have had plumbing, and...

Day 317: My mother taught me to look at life as a journey; a once-in-a-lifetime trip of wonders, but the bookish girl in me tends to look...

Day 316: Today is Veterans Day, observed, but yesterday was the real Veterans Day. Why does it matter? We celebrate our veterans on the...

Day 315: It’s lightly snowing this morning, the first snow of the season, and it feels like a sign to me. Heraclitus, a Greek...

Day 314: Today, I am ruminating upon our trust in doctors. My daughter was just prescribed eyeglasses, and described how much better she...

Day 313: Today, I’m ruminating upon book vs. movie characters. Did you know that Jane Austen rarely gave her readers physical...

All through October, I ruminated upon the fact that it has been five years since October 2013. All month I thought about the letter I had...

Day 311: Today, I’m ruminating upon the typewriter. I have a fascination with typewriters. They are a seriously cool invention. Unlike...

Day 310: The definition of ruminate is “to think deeply about something.” It’s one of my favorite words. I used it yesterday when...

Day 309: If I said remember, remember, the fifth of November, what would come to mind? Would you think “Is that Voting Day?” Or “Isn’t...