Category Archives: Family

A Sunday with Sandy

Sunday’s are my day to relax. I usually leave the computer off for most of the day, although I will have it on today for a few hours to write. Sunday is also my day to spend some quality time with my husband. We usually go out and have a cup of coffee or tea…

Thanksgiving

My list isn’t very long, but it’s straight from my heart. On this American Thanksgiving Day I give thanks for… All the things I take for granted every day that mean so much to me: The ability to see and to read; to walk and to talk; to think and to reason; to touch and…

What I Learned From my Nephews and Nintendo

Sometimes when going after our goals and dreams it can seem frustrating because there may be things we want to do but do not have the experience or skill level yet to accomplish them. My twin nephews, G &T, are like this when they get a new video game for their Nintendo DS or Game…

Taking Action Leads to Clarity

I have learned that the quickest path to clarity is to take action. For the last four weeks I have been working on taking steps to launch Save-A-Tree-Books, a mobile used book store. This is the 90-day project I chose to work on at Follow Through Camp last month. It is the project I have…

A love of books, a legacy

A couple of nights ago I was stuck in traffic. The normal ten-miles of ‘heavy traffic’ was fifteen. Stressed and agitated I exited the highway and decided to hang out at B&N for a little while. An hour later, as I was walking out of the bookstore, I was overcome by a sense of peacefulness…