“You are not normal.” This statement tends to follow me no matter where I go. It makes me smile because I KNOW that I am not normal. I am not like other people. My husband will tell you that I don’t live in the same neighborhood as other people – and I’m okay with that….
Being a Proverbs 31 woman is tough enough without adding in modern technology. There are days when I think I finally have a grasp on things only to discover that I am completely clueless. Take this website for instance, I THOUGHT I was doing good – building my visitors, adding quality content and things of…
My family lives off my writing income. One year ago that was fine. As the economy declined so did my income. It has been TOUGH to survive these economic times on a writing income. I still believe that a determined freelance writer can make a living writing – on the internet, in print or with…
Things have changed. All you have to do is eaves drop on a conversation where some of the speakers are over 60. Things move faster, kids get older sooner and there are no manners any more. The world is going to hell in a hand basket. It is time to be the glimmer of hope…
Life comes about from a series of choices. The good choices lead to opportunities and blessings. The bad choices lead to negative consequences and troubles. Everyone has the ability and the opportunity to live a life of good choices. Our home resounds with the concept that one excuse is just as good as the next….
Being encouraging requires a positive attitude and an up-lifting focus. It can be tough being an encouragement when the people around you are sucking your own encouragement spring dry (without making any deposits of encouragement into your spring of positive thinking). The good news comes when you discover that your encouragement and your ability to…
Everything fell apart. The conference was canceled. The bank account was empty. The electricity went off two nights in a row so that the alarm beeped all night announcing that it was not getting any energy. And it was raining (never good when you live in a small home with three active boys). This was…
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt Great ideas do not require all the money in the world, all the time in the world or all of the talent in the world. A truly great idea requires some inspiration, some determination and a whole lot of persistence. Fifteen years…
There are days when the need to knock off the smile from some happy person’s face can be overwhelming – at least that is what my husband says when we both face chaos and I do it with a smile. People tell me that happy people are annoying. I confess that I am a positive…
Live will go on and no matter how good that life may be right now there are things that will happen. The best laid plans will be disturbed. An ornery child (or husband or in-law) will shake up your day. The clock will go off late or not at all. Things are going to happen…