"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
Category: families
Quote of the Week – Journey
Life is a journey, not a destination. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you dream it, do it!
In the early morning hours, the dark night sky fades through several shades of blue lapis, Aegean, spruce, and stone. Then it’s as if a paintbrush magically sweeps several orange swirls of marigold, tangerine, ginger, and apricot across the horizon. Dawn is the sun’s way of stretching, rising, and readying for a new day. Each… Continue reading If you dream it, do it!
Quote of the Week – Reply
The biggest communication problem is we don't listen to understand, we listen to reply.
The Masterpiece of Love
The Painted Dog Prompt 2/15/22 was a super fun writing challenge posted on the Stine Writing Blog! This is what I wrote: The clank of the heavy door echoed through the building, followed by several footsteps. My ears perked only halfway, my heart thumping, but not like the newbie in the next cell. “Keep it… Continue reading The Masterpiece of Love
I am Not Addicted!
“You’ve got to play this game!” my husband said to me one evening. My response was a shrug. The last time he said those words to me, the whole family played an endless puzzle game called BallZ for months. The next day he shared his accomplishment of having figured WORDLE out in two attempts and… Continue reading I am Not Addicted!
5 STAR Book Review
Once Upon the Rhine by RA Anderson Now that's a 5 STAR book review!
Penny
No matter how bright the sun shone, the darkness overpowered her inner thoughts and swallowed her whole. She perched on the rustic bench that overlooked the three-mile-long white sandy beach, mesmerized with each wave slapping against the shore. A chattering gull flew here and there as a child’s giggle danced in the wind beneath the… Continue reading Penny
The Land of Vikings and Trolls – Book #2 is now PUBLISHED
Flying high above the clouds ... We are set for our new adventure! Cody is a Cockatrice, an extraordinary hybrid cockerel-dragon, fathered by a rooster, mothered by a lizard, and hatched by a toad, a true little blood cousin of dragons. They inherited their wings and tails, you know! Cody is the protector of three… Continue reading The Land of Vikings and Trolls – Book #2 is now PUBLISHED
A Gift of Memories
Day One: Special delivery Two huge boxes were carried from the driveway to the backyard about 20 yards from Lake Minnehaha, dropped and left unopened. I walked the length of the fourteen-foot box, then stopped to tug at it. Too heavy for me to move an inch, I moved on to tugging at its seams.… Continue reading A Gift of Memories
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