This morning, I awoke with the words of a hymn in my mind. I can remember my mother singing it as she did housework when I was a child. I went to one of my bookcases and found an old hymnal. The hymn Life's Railway to Heaven was on page 200. The publication date was 1896 - one hundred twen...
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When you have a “good idea,” write it down immediately! Don’t wait! If you wait, the magic will disappear.
I believe I recently told you this. Unfortunately, I ignored my own advice. I had two great ideas to share with you, but by the time I got around to finding a penc...
07.11.25 12:57 PM - Comment(s)
Dear Friends, We’ve all had our moments of self-doubt. We’ve enthusiastically volunteered to head a committee, plan an event, and host 25 relatives for a get-together, only to feel overwhelmed in the process. “Whatever possessed me? I must have been out of my mind to say “yes” when I was asked! I won’t do that again.” No, of course you won’t - until next time! Lots of luck! Mary
By BlueSkies
Remind me – why am I doing this?
I cannot stop until it’s finished – whatever finished may be.
I started early so as not to be late. It made no difference that I was slow.
Now I’m tired and still don’t know – Why am I doing this?
Remind me – Why did I say I would?
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23.09.25 05:15 AM - Comment(s)
As I was making a pot of tea this morning, there came a knock at the kitchen door. It brought to mind Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” The difference being that the tapping on Poe’s door came at midnight, and this was five o’clock in the morning. Hardly the time for a neighbor to come...
09.09.25 10:05 AM - Comment(s)
We had been married less than a year. My husband was just out of the U. S. Navy and attending the University of Texas at Arlington. I was working for C. P. Waggoner Sales Company in Grand Prairie across the street from Chance-Vought. As the saying was at the time, I was earning my ...
14.08.25 03:08 AM - Comment(s)