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The Oxford English Dictionary defines passion as very strong emotion, an intense sexual love, or an intense enthusiasm for something.  Do you have one passion or many?  I don’t know that I have many but, I do have several.  One of my passions is family.  As I’m sure you do too, I believe I have…

What did you think you were going to do this morning when you got up? If you are still employed you knew that you were going to work but, can you know what other things might happen to make your day go differently? Are you the type of person that has to plan every little…

Sometimes the electricity goes out.  When I was a kid in school and I had homework to do my Mom would drag out the kerosene lamps.  Have you ever studied by such a lamp?  It was hard to see but, you could see.  Thank you Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. Recently I went to St.…

My gosh!  It has been nearly two years since I had an entry.  I have had quite a journey in that time.  I faced two horrific battles during this time and with the help of God and some excellent care I have lived to fight another day. First I had a toxic reaction to some…

When I realized how long it had been since I shared my thoughts with you I said to myself, “you had better sit down for a minute and write or people will forget about your blog and not even read it.  After my health problem it seems as though my priorities have changed.  There have…

  Do you remember when you were little and you never thought you were going to be a teenager and get our driver’s license?  Next we wanted to be 21.  What was supposed to happen at 21?  I don’t remember but, I wanted to be there.  My Mom used to tell me, “Don’t wish your…

What is a friend?  What is the definition of a friend?  Well, one of my dictionaries says that a friend is a person that you know well and like.  That is true but, an old friend is that and so much more.  An old friend is sometimes a person and sometimes an animal.  I recently…

  I hope the 4th wasn’t too hard on you.  Mine was pretty quiet.  I did watch the fireworks at the White House and then the ones in New York,I am not celebrating until today.  One of my daughters and her husband came up from Florida.   We are going to a family get together at…

It is nearly 1:00am and I am so jazzed I can’t go to bed.  I just got home from seeing “The Lion King” in Nashville.  The stage scenery and costumes were amazing.  The way the actors made the parts of the animal puppets move just blew me away.  I have loved the story ever since…

Well, I think the last time I posted it was about the new kittens.  I guess there were too many people wanting to see the little things so, in the middle of the next night Momma moved them.  I have no idea where they are now.  Her Momma, Hissyfit, had babies a month and a…