Looking Back, Living Forward!🦋
What Would Your Younger You Think of You Now? The other night, I was watching a show where the four main female characters looked back at their teenage selves and how they had handled a situation. Their adult selves were dealing with a similar experience, which brought about the remembrance scene. They came to realize […]
The Accidental Reconnect
Long-lost friends and family. I say long-lost, but really, it’s more like we only chat every so many years. The last time I spoke to or saw my cousin, his kids were in early elementary school at his sister’s wedding. Now they’re in high school—and his oldest just went to her prom. WOW! We’ve liked […]
Making Travel Better, One Smile at a Time🛫
I’m sitting at the airport (hopefully at my final gate—it has changed three times). This gate is actually nice and quiet, which is great for me to write in. Going through the TSA portion was quite sad. I am a former TSA employee (I worked as a dual officer). Whether checking tickets/IDs, sitting at the […]
Volunteering ~ Can You Burn Out While Helping Out?
Sunday has come and is only a few hours away from becoming Monday. How does that play into the subject of volunteering? I spent two hours today volunteering with a Toastmasters Youth Program. This was the second meeting of approximately ten sessions. The group is filled with incredible teenagers who have so much potential. I […]
Dear 2025, Can You Slow Down Just a Bit So I Can Catch Up!
Happy Sunday, My Friends! Wow, where is the time flying off to? First, it’s 2025, and January is almost half gone—already! Time must be in a hurry to get to some wild, fun party, and we weren’t invited. What am I saying? I’m saying that time is going by way too fast for me. I’ve […]
Dag Gone It – I Missed Sunday!
I missed Sunday’s posting, as you already know. My sweetheart was sick most of last week and throughout the weekend. And guess who got it? Yep, me. I wasn’t nearly as sick as he was, but I’m still feeling off. I was told there is a new virus going around that starts with a dry […]
New Year ~ New Goals
Happy New Year! 🥳 Hello and Happy New Year! I hope each of you had a great Christmas and are ready for a fantastic new year. Our new year will be what we make of it, and I’m planning on making 2025 a fabulous year. As most of you know, I am in a goals […]
Ringing In The 2025 New Year and New Goals
Hello and Happy Holidays, Everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to be with loved ones. I mentioned that this was my first Christmas ever with my sister and, in turn, also her family. This includes my mini-me, whom I miss terribly already (crazy energy and all). It is times like […]
Quality Time with Family💕🎄💕
During the holidays, we come together with family, especially those who live outside of our local zone. Some gather around the dinner table, others around the Christmas tree, but we all spend what we hope is quality time together. Too often, we get caught up in the daily distractions of our lives, neglecting quality time […]
Digging Deep With Creative Nonfiction – Part 2
Last Wednesday, I shared some of my classwork from creative nonfiction. I spoke about it being harder to write than I thought and how I ended up tossing what I started off with. I shared the first draft that I planned to submit. It was ok, but still not what I was aiming for. Today, […]