Monthly Archives: December 2014

Dear Reader: Every day brings us an opportunity to make new friends and reunite with old ones…and best of all… laugh our heads off in the process! That is what happened to me yesterday. I arrived at 9:00 at the Healing … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have just begun to start decorating my magic moon gate garden for Christmas…starting with the magic moon gate, itself. If you wanted a full moon for Christmas this year, like in all the paintings of Santa Claus … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Losing things is one of my pet peeves because I am so “good” at it… At Christmas time my “art” of losing scissors, glue, scotch tape, wrapping paper…and finally the gift itself… grows in magnitude. Christmas wrapping day … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: The Christmas Tree is trimmed for another year. And even though…it may not look it in this picture…I really did “trim”  down the amount of ornaments hung on it. I immediately emailed Gloria Houston…. author of The … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I subscribe to Dancing with Monsters and monthly receive new thoughts, ideas, and suggestions from Kate Wolfe-Jenson, one of my favorite bloggers…on all kinds of topics…but particularly the sick “monsters” who appear regularly whenever one is fighting a chronic … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: I came across another story by author, Sue Kidd Monk, who was remembering her relationship with nativity mangers, at Christmas, as a child and then later…. from a different perspective as an adult. (www.sermons.com) Sue Monk Kidd, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When I woke up yesterday I was so happy….it was the only day this whole week that I didn’t have a medical appointment to have to get dressed for.. and out the door. Alleluia Alleluia…. Alleluia…A l l … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday heading up Highway 61 towards St. Francis/Roper hospital (for my physical therapy)…the fog was dense… yet eerily beautiful. I found myself turning off the road to take some pictures of the allure of the woods in the … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Every year when John and Mandy take the family back to Huntsville, Alabama (John’s home) the last night (before their return) they head out to Santa’s Village.   It was really cold this year and Joan quickly volunteered … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A few days back…Susan put this gorgeous picture of her Christmas Cactus on her Facebook site. I saw it and oohed and aahed over it. She replied back: “Don’t you recognize it…you gave it to me several years … Continue reading →