Do you find yourself slowing down … Growing up in Georgia with August being the hottest month in the summer … the term ‘dog days of summer’ really rang true. If you are not familiar with the term, let me explain it a bit from the southern...
While I was visiting family over the 4th of July holiday, someone made a statement about my older sister. It was such a profound statement that I had to share it with you. “There she goes again, getting her exercise in by jumping to conclusions.” How often do you find...
“Do your hardest homework first, Denise. The rest will be easy & you’ll get it done faster. Then you can go outside to play.” This is what my mom would say to me as I came trudging into the house whining about all the homework that I had to get done. What this...
Over the past week, I have been observing people’s behaviors … around me, in the news, even myself. For me, I cry when I feel the pain of others. I cringe when I read or hear about the cruelty that is taking place today. I commit to not allowing my fear to take...
When I was young, my parents decided to put a swimming pool in the back yard. As you can imagine having a pool would be great as long as you know how to swim. Two years of swimming lessons later and the pool was in … yippee! All well and good for us kids, yet my...
“It’s summer time. The sun is beating down on your head and you have ‘California Girls’ running through your head … The southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I’m down there … then it happens! The sticky sound you hear when you...
