I wrote about “Markers” and how some things/pictures/words just resonate with you and I speculated that maybe they come with spiritual “markers.” I suppose you could interpret that as meaning it has a big flag attached that draws your attention, or that is has been highlighted, with, say, a yellow magic highlighter. You [...]
My mother made me watch this today. Please watch it to the end. It is powerful.
http://www.blueribbonmovie.com
The Donkey has a secret.
She is was an alcoholic.
Now, I may lose a few friends with this post. Not because I believe that any of you would judge me for being an alcoholic, but rather because you may think I have finally gone overboard and am a chronic liar, an insane attention whore, a [...]
Have you ever been so blessed to have the experience doing something and then seeing the ever widening results, like ripples in the water? A tiny stone thrown into the stagnant water causes a ripple effect.
Our daily deeds are like that. The tiniest little actions that we never stop to give a thought [...]
I was listening to NPR and they asked some people, “What makes for a good work ethic?” and I listened to the answers. There were some good answers. One lady said, “You either have it or you don’t.” I used to believe that, too.
The late Linda Goodman spoke of “laboring with love.”
To [...]
My beautiful, supportive cheezfrend, Romeow wrote me a wonderful letter yesterday.
(Long overdue note of explanation about this site and its inspired origins: “cheezfrend” is a friend-WHAT a friend!- made on the ICHC site that inspired MY blog…WordPress has an odd way of having me publish my website title: “Confessions of an ICHC addict” in tiny [...]
I have a very fond memory of a prank I pulled on my father many years ago. My father is quite the curmudgeon and not given much to many fun, jolly memories in my mind. This one, however, was just so much fun that I wanted to share it with you.
He is a retired [...]
I have experienced a most wonderful thing in the last few days. Life handed me some rotten eggs, but something incredible also unfolded….
One of my favorite childhood books is The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom, about her experiences during WWII and in a concentration camp. This book touched something deep inside me, and [...]
