Kate said Summer. Summer. The stuff childhood is made for. I began loving summer when we moved from hot, humid south Florida to our 14 acre mini farm in the mountains of NC in 1988. We moved on Labor Day weekend, which technically is the final weekend of summer but that year we had an… [Read More]
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Five Minute Friday: Deserve
Kate said deserve. In all honesty, what DO we deserve? You can look back across the great expanse of history and see the depravity of man due to the original sin in Eden. What do we deserve? Probably, nothing. But then… God in His mercy, looked out upon humanity. The clumsiness and calamity and said,… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Quiet
Kate said quiet. I am going to be today. Fighting health issues. xo
Five Minute Friday: Lift
Kate said lift. Readers of my words know it’s been a rough few weeks here in Upstate SC. When one is accustomed to good health and it is taken away there is great angst and suffering. There are lots of “come to Jesus” meetings and much crying out. So, when I saw Kate chose lift… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Disagree
Kate said disagree. Did you just hear the air release? From the can of worms? Yup, Kate has been feisty lately with some of these word prompts! But I certainly don’t disagree with the level of challenge she’s been presenting us each and every Thursday night. You see she gives the prompt about 9:45 p.m…. [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Slow
Kate said slow. Funny, I’ve used the expression “slow and steady” several times recently. I would rather be known for slow, steady, sure, and steadfast than fast and furious and full of hot air!!! The Turtle and the Hare You know the story. The bunny rabbit gets totally burned out and Mr. Turtle wins the… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday – Recover
Kate said recover. We’re all recovering from something. Amen? Some days I feel like I’m still recovering from two big moves in two years. One from our home of 30 years in 2018 into a flat and then from the flat to a tiny house of 399 square feet in early 2020. Long recovery time… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Excuse
Kate said excuse. Verb or noun? Hmm…where shall I go? I believe I’ll pick noun. something offered as justification or as grounds for being excused excuses plural : an expression of regret for failure to do something a note of explanation of an absence Making excuses Procrastinators are the epic excuse makers. I was too busy I didn’t know… [Read More]