With Mother’s Day in Mind

This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day – that time of year when we celebrate special women in our lives.  Not all of them are a biological parent.  I could name several ladies that served as mother-figures to me during various seasons of my existence.  I...

Giving, or Receiving?

I know it’s coming, and I dread it just as much as I have for a long time.  When I was a child, I looked forward to it.  However, as an adult, I see it from a whole different perspective.  And it makes me cringe. Yes, Christmas is coming, but that is not what makes me...

Have a “berry” good summer!

As of this week, it is official – I have lived in Indiana twice as long as I lived in Tennessee, the state in which I was born and raised.  Maybe I should consider myself an adopted Hoosier; however, I know I will always be a Volunteer in my heart. Although Indiana...

Some like it cold

For as long as I can remember, tea has been a part of my life.  Sometimes hot, sometimes cold; sometimes strong, sometimes weak; sometimes black, sometimes green, sometimes herbal – no matter the temperature or type, it seems like there is always tea. My mother’s cure...