Tag: love
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Listening to Uncle Tom
Interviewing Veterans was still a new experience for me. One of my teachers from high school gave a few of us a graduation gift. This gift wasn’t used for college it was used to have conversations and record them for posterity. This recorder was given to me at the perfect time and Grandpa knew that…
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A Bridal Shower; Post Accident
My accident was August 2nd, and the bride to be’s accident was a month later. Saturday was the Bridal Shower for my parent’s Preacher’s only daughter. The young lady who was T-boned and now stuck wearing a brace due to several broken bones. Her, mother, the Preacher’s wife mentioned the fact the shower could have…
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Complicated
Why is love so complicated sometimes? Is it simply because we let insecurities, fears and doubts take over? Is there a way to un-complicate love? Having never been married I don’t feel like I have any answers. Yet there are times I know the answers come straight from the Bible. We complicate our lives by…
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Anniversary Memories
Today would have been my Grandpa Leo’s and Grandma Betty’s 77th Wedding Anniversary. This year makes nearly 24 years since she has celebrated the day alone without her other half. I can only understand this to a certain point personally not having the relationship they had. If the number of people at my Grandpa’s funeral…
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Sunday Morning
Working as we had for the three previous days for the Estate Sale I was pretty exhausted this past Sunday Morning. Even with sleeping in past 7 am, I was still half asleep that morning through the services. My emotions however, were up high and lots of things unfolded from class time to just before…
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Checking In
Sometimes I still feel a need to pinch myself. Getting a text from one special man saying he wanted to check in on me can still give me goosebumps. He knows I have been in research mode lately. It’s super sweet knowing he wants to check on me and that we got a long minute…
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Uncles
The electricity was on and everything was fun otherwise, so I couldn’t understand why I had no internet last night. It worked fine until nearly 4 pm. Then when I returned from Mom’s flower shopping spree and eating it was as if the Wi-Fi was unplugged. How ironic to use that word, since it was…
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Care Taking
Today I walked past a bathroom stall. Memories from over three years ago came to mind. There are times when taking care of the ones you love can be difficult. Isn’t that what family does for family though? Love is a verb. Taking care of the ones who took care of you as a child…
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Facebook Memories…
Over the previous week a few of my past posts have been showing up on my notifications. I have mentioned one of the posts a couple days ago. Today we knew we had to say goodbye to my Uncle Mike. The timing has been like a sucker punch to the gut with my Aunt’s passing…
Jewells of Thought 