Monthly Archives: September 2016

Dear Reader: Tommy and Kaitlyn came to see me yesterday and we all went to Eva’s for brunch/lunch. It was delicious! I had given Tommy and Kailtyn a gift card to eat there as part of their engagement package. We … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Before coming across this message one day….I am not sure I would have ever put gratitude and fear together in the same thought-wave. They, not only, don’t match as synonyms, they actually feel more polarized …like antonyms. So I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Kaitlyn sent me this message Friday and I had to read it a couple of times for the meaning to become ingrained. When it came to the part of “Reject the brutal, reject the beauty” I paused..I can’t … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t it strange how you can hear or read something and you nod but move on….and then later in life find yourself identifying with every verse written? That happened to me when I came across the poem “Slow … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other day I came across an excerpt from the book Time and the Soul by Jacob Needleman. It made me stop, pause, and ponder. I love those moments…it is like God leads us to the inspirational thought … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I was surfing the net looking at Autumn pictures when I came across this photograph and felt hauntingly homesick…for childhood again. How many of you remember singing “Down by the Old Mill Stream” when you were young? … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The Ya’s tease me all the time about getting up and being dressed when I walk out in the morning at our retreats. Believe me, it has not always been that way. I could lounge around in pj’s … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The first thing we all noticed this time at Edisto (as we got settled into each of our “prescribed” porch chairs) was the appearance of lots of lovely, delicate-looking yellow butterflies. Since the skies were so blue their … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: If I had anywhere in the world I could have chosen to be for one of those “waiting places” in life…it was Edisto Beach with the Ya’s! The five day retreat flew too quickly but it was, definitely, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am drawn to any nature scene where sunlight ripples through it… like a moth is drawn to light. I was out in the yard on Labor Day picking up some light debris when I saw the sunshine … Continue reading →