Five Minute Friday: Expectations

Five minutes…. Hmm. Expectations are unmet in so many ways. I expected as a child to have parents who loved me, or at least acted like they did. Hmm. I expected as a teen that everyone would like me or at least act like they did. Hmm. I expected as a young woman that my … Read more

Independence Day

We celebrate independence in our family daily. I once commented to my daughter that I didn’t understand why she did some of the things she did and she said “well, you raised me to be independent, so what did you expect?”   She had a great point there. Raising independent individuals who think for themselves, … Read more

Letter to an Ideal Reader

(I must preface this post by telling you that Jeff Goins of  “You are a Writer” said in his ebook, that we should determine our audience, decide who that “ideal reader” is who will  stop and read my writing. I mulled that one over and over. I have always written letters, some never sent, some … Read more