Have you ever known a person who is always in a negative mood? Maybe they are permanently angry. Maybe they are a constant victim. Maybe they are always depressed.No matter the cause of their negativity they are so willing to share it. They…
I always left my coins on a table. It was simple to take them at the end of the day and just lay them there. Nobody bothered them. After a while I would roll them up and take them to the bank. It was almost like found money.As my children g…
As a child I had many little jobs. Weeding gardens was hard work. Delivering newspapers was a large enough task that my two brothers shared the job with me. On Sundays and holidays Daddy helped because we had to go to the next town to pick
The first year I worked as a cashier at the store that sold all things from grocery items to clothing to auto supplies Christmas came. Christmas is a busy time for all stores and a store like that is no exception. Sales for one day at our s…
As you know I have four children. It has always amazed me how much alike they are. Yet they are so different at the same time.It began at birth. The first was the ugliest thing I had ever seen. It broke my heart and at the same time I loved…
This is a re-post. I wrote it a few years ago and it is true... every single word. *********************************************************************My daughter and I took her children for a walk. My grandson was 6 or 7 and my granddaugh…
When my children were small there was not often any mail for them. I remembered wishing for mail when I was a child.As a teenager I wrote letters. I sent them to family members and I had pen pals. Remember pen pals?Pen pals were people you
We were living in a small town in Nebraska. I consider it my hometown because we lived there for almost four years.One of the attractions in this town was that we had a theater. Every Friday a new movie was shown.If I remember correctly the…
My son's dog has made a strict schedule that she tries her best to make us stick to. The humans in the house do not always cooperate with her but she tries.She takes naps in the afternoon with son. When the time comes for a quick sleep she
My three boys were on a little league baseball team. It was a small league with only three teams. The coach had a son on the team too. The little boy had a severe case of asthma. His father hoped playing baseball would be good for him.The t…
My three boys were on a little league baseball team. It was a small league with only three teams. The coach had a son on the team too. The little boy had a severe case of asthma. His father hoped playing baseball would be good for him. The
I was a strict mother. Not overbearingly so. I just expected my children to mind me.My children fought each other and were loud and at times they were mischievous. That is normal and does not bother me.What often bothered me was hearing a m…