"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." ~ William Wordsworth Every person living on this earth has probably had an instance they'd like to eliminate from their past. Every human experience, positive and negative, becomes interwoven into the fabric of who…
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt Above: Artist Tom Lockhart A few weekends ago I harvested joy. It was a gift of one…
My eighty-eight and ninety-one year old parents have always been pillars of strength and vigor. However, a few months ago things began to crumble when health issues they'd never here-to-fore had to face confronted them and our entire family unit. Six…
"Blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family." ~ Unknown Today I'd like to open my heart to say thank you to my sisters-in-laws and brother-in law for their loyalty to the family. They and their children have all stepped…
Jeff Bridges once said, "The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community." This nun's example of pitching in will be long be remembered by her students and her community. She…
Last week at our Delectible Mountain Quilters Guild monthly meeting, a special presentation Voices of the Past: Quilts and Soddies was presented. A storyteller from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, dressed in period clothing, gave a very interesting overview about pioneer…
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." ~ Ben Franklin "Oh, look! This is wonderful!" I said to my husband grinning widely, "they even attached a critique form. Now I can see what I could have done better." When I…
"Love, above all things, is a commitment to your choice." ― Rob Liano A few Saturdays ago, my husband and I witnessed the wedding of two people who are very near and dear to us. The emotions of the bride and groom were…
It's seems like prophetic stuff! All the natural weather disasters happening in this country and around the world are taxing FEMA and other relief and charitable organizations to the hilt. Praises for the good Samaritans who are willing to sacrifice in order to save the…
"There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart." ~Charles Dickens As I reflect on the story of Eva featured in the video posted on the previous blog called Stitchin' a Mission, it occurred to me the…