Why am I working on a quilt when I have a gazillion other things to be doing including 2 other quilts I started and stopped to make more sense out of this one? This quilt started as a very orderly English Garden pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co. I had this layer cake (precut 10″ […]
2021 All About Passion
I am part of a 30 day challenge to grow my businesses over the next 30 days and I figure this is a good place to be accountable for it 🙂 We wrote a letter to ourself to detail what we would accomplish the next 30 days. I had a plan for 2020 and had […]
One Day in May 2015 – the Trips that Change Things
Many of you know every May I go somewhere or do something to remove myself from “real life” on the anniversary of my youngest son’s death (May 13, 2002). Four years ago I planned an elaborate road trip with Vinny O’Hare, Liz Fogg and Alec Ababon through Nevada and Utah to visit some parks and […]
Depression
I wrote this in 2012 for another site and while the article is still there that site isn’t under my control so I wanted to reprint the article here in case that site disappears someday: ————————- April, 2012 While I was thinking about this week’s topic, I happened to be watching the tribute to Mike […]
Pivot Days
There are a lot of Pivot Days that are just part of life. The day your child is born, the day your parents or other family members die. Those are days that shape the everyday lives we live. But the majors, there are indeed majors that change the focus and direction of your life forever. […]
The Day Your Child is Born
The day your child is born you know your life will change. Sometimes you don’t understand the depth and breadth of that change and that might be a good thing. If we knew where life would take us some folks that don’t think they are strong enough might decide to not take that path. At […]
