“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.” ~Barbara Haines Howett Late February drags under the best circumstances, even though it's the shortest month. This time of year is hard. And, I stink at waiting. Waiting in line, waiting at stop lights, waiting for spring. Not my bailiwick. I'm especially bad at waiting for answers, waiting for progress. I admit it, I'm...
“No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turns.”~Hal Bourland But it can seem that way! Yes, I admit I'm impatient. It was sixty degrees and the wind blew like crazy again today. (If the wind ever quits blowing in Nebraska, everyone will fall down). But you know what? There are still huge piles of yucky, dirty old snow all over the place and everywhere you...
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on" ~ Robert Frost God must chuckle about us, I'm sure he does. Quite often in fact. And why not? We give him an endless supply of comic material. Besides that, He loves us the way we love our kids. He thinks we're all adorable. Think about it. From the moment we're born, we're in a...
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”~ Jim Rohn Well, it happened again. Another book title popped up to tantalize me. Somewhere in my email, a snippet about it appeared and I knew I would enjoy it. So, I ordered it, of course. I bought a used copy like I always do and it turns out this one is autographed! Lucky...
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."~John Ruskin Maybe it's the same where you live. But in Nebraska, there's a saying, "If you don't like the weather, stick around a few minutes, it'll change." Mark Twain has been credited with the quote but who knows....
(Read in less than :03)"Do not claim you want to grow and then run away the minute you feel growing pains."#bossbabe Growing pains. Remember how your legs ached when you began to shoot up and get taller? I can still recall that deep ache in my own young bones. Our youngest suffered terribly with growing pains. Sobbing, she would crawl to my bedside in the wee hours...