Monthly Archives: May 2022

Dear Reader: Yesterday as Brooke and I talked about our feelings reflecting on the amazing years we have spent at Edisto Island… Brooke came up with the perfect response and title today…Renewal, Reflection,and Realization. From our first reunion in 2004…here … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I was watering my plants for the last time before leaving for Edisto Island…it is that time again! Ya Ya reunion! I spent last night at Rest In Peace with Brooke… so we could drive together … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: George Bernard Shaw made the observation that ” Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” It has taken me a lifetime to understand this comment… because the popular jargon is always about people finding themselves… … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Well my Mother’s Day was a mixture of pleasure , happiness, contentment… and then unexpected news … always expect the unexpected in life… right? Walsh, Mollie and the kids all came over to Mandy and John’s for Mother’s … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: On this Mother’s Day in May of 2022, I couldn’t help but think of the young mothers giving birth in Ukraine as this senseless attack on their country’s freedom continues to play out on the news for us. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Haven’t most of us experienced that same thought Robert Frost expressed so eloquently? When my younger brother David died… I remember it was early March and daffodils were just popping up-a pretty day for anything … but… my … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I remember feeling like ” my candle was burning at both ends” constantly as a single mother… that I was meeting myself coming and going. And I kept wondering if there ever would come a day when I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I believe this is supposed to be a Christmas ornament, but I for one, wouldn’t want the reminder of the damage the deer have done to my hibiscus this summer on my Christmas tree… it has saddened me … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Unequivocally a town can’t be ” charming ” unless it’s people are. Today God rewarded me with the opportunity to help someone who really needed it and to prove that ” charming” applies just not to scenery, architecture, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As a teacher I remember feeling overwhelmed in May and looking forward to a day in the future when I could enjoy the beauty of it without running the boys to baseball practice, dance recitals for Mandy. end … Continue reading →