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My youngest son, who is now 23, has autism. I call him my “gentle giant.” He has such a big heart. He is generous and hates to see people sad or hurting. His Mother’s Day note was sweet and simple “No matter what happens, Mom, I will always love you and am grateful for whatContinue reading “My youngest son”

I have several dear friends and family members going through very difficult times right now. So this prompt spoke to me differently. More often than not, we think of freedom as the freedom “TO”. To me, it is the freedom “FROM” and being unburdened. Freedom from the stress of being jobless for six months andContinue reading “Being unburdened”

Seriously, I tune 99.9% of most public figures out and that makes it really easy not to disagree with them because I don’t know what they said.

Short Term: to literally just get through today. My plate is full. Does anyone out there feel the same way? 🙂 Long Term: to retire to my small hobby farm with my family, my goats and my garden.

Comedian Tim Hawkins. The show had two highlights. One was his medley of 70’s songs. The other was a comedy bit on going tubing in Minnesota. Since my husband was born and raised in Minnesota, the bit was priceless.

The tangibles: we donate to our local food bank, donate pet supplies and toys to the local animal shelter. Here in Washington, you can turn in aluminum cans for cash. Instead of taking the cash for ourselves, we donate the bags of cans to a local kids’ club. This way, they can take the cansContinue reading “Be a good citizen and a good human”

I would love to spend the day at an animal shelter as a caretaker for the pets….walking the dogs, playing with the kitties, cleaning, feeding the animals.

I am focused on brands that save me money. They give me the best deal for my money, whether it’s per ounce or per pound. The only two brand Non-negotiables are Diet Mountain Dew for my husband and Dunkin Donuts K-cups.

There aren’t very many people on my list. Celebrities. NO. They are narcissistic and shallow. It’s hard to get advice from people who have more marriages than I have pairs of shoes. Sports figures. NO. I find it difficult to understand this. Grown men and women receive $70 million dollar contracts just to throw aContinue reading “To be honest….it’s a very short list”

Jeremiah 29:11 states: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”