Swinging from summer to fall

It’s hard to believe that August is almost over.  As its last days swing past, it comes to mind that summer is quickly sliding away.  Labor Day is often considered its “last hurrah;” that holiday is this coming weekend. To be truthful, I am not sad to see summer...

Christmas: A time for healing

I sorted through a lot of Christmas decorations trying to decide which ones I wanted to use this year.  Many of them brought back fond memories of my husband and children, especially the Christmas stockings that I had made for each of us.  One stocking, however, took...

Fond Memories of July Fourth

Thinking of the upcoming Independence Day holiday has me feeling rather nostalgic.   For many years, the fourth day of July meant attending my Dad’s family reunion.  It was held around noon, so it never interfered with fireworks displays later in the evening. Our...