Tales from a Mid-Lifer

  • Spring Sunrise

    Spring Sunrise

    A colorful morning sunrise at the end of April…you can see the trees were just beginning to bud. It was a very late Spring for us but Summer weather thankfully arrived this week! Every day, a million miracles begin at sunrise. Eric Jerome Dickey

  • Thieves: Stop Stealing. The Rest of Us: Stop Enabling the Thieves

    Thieves: Stop Stealing. The Rest of Us: Stop Enabling the Thieves

    Good people understand the extensive questioning and background checks required at church before being permitted near children. We accept walking in our socks through airport security to ensure our safety. Where is the line drawn for…

  • Today is Flag Day

    Today is Flag Day

    This post honoring the American flag was already in motion prior to D-Day, but grew even more significant to me as a result of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. I watched and read more Normandy coverage than I have in several years, reinforcing my already deep belief that…

  • Coming Up Roses

    Coming Up Roses

    During a recent walk, I came across these lovely, petite roses. They seemed perfect for an almost-Wordless Wednesday. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln

  • The First Mission Field Is the Nest

    The First Mission Field Is the Nest

    Whenever I visit a first-time Mom, my personal tradition is to bring a gift for her, not the infant. There are already piles of onesie’s, outfits through 4T, and impressive stacks of diapers strewn about the house. New Mama lights up holding the little something just for her. I keep…

  • Thursday Thoughts

    Thursday Thoughts

    “On Thursday, I can smell the weekend.” Invajy “Some people call it Thursday, I like to call it Friday Eve. Happy Thursday!” Anonymous “By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.” William Scranton

  • Texas Take-Off

    Texas Take-Off

    On a recent flight out of Austin, TX, we were delayed on the tarmac, but the Texas sky made waiting a pleasure. As we finally rolled forward, every angle was spectacular.

  • Florida Lightning

    Florida Lightning

    Gulf of Mexico, near Sand Key, Florida, 2023. These were shot with just an iPhone. I have traveled frequently to Florida and Texas, and both states have some wild and exciting rain storms!

  • Memorial Day🇺🇸🇺🇸

    Memorial Day🇺🇸🇺🇸

    Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day,One look I but gave which your dear eyes return’d with a look I shall never forget,One touch of your hand to mine O boy, reach’d up as you lay…

  • Gulf Coast

    Gulf Coast

    This is a snapshot taken along Sand Key Beach, Florida last Spring, 2023.

  • When the Adult Kids Move Back Home, Must Mom and Dad Step it Back Up?

    When the Adult Kids Move Back Home, Must Mom and Dad Step it Back Up?

    My husband and I were slow to adjust to the empty nest. When our third child moved out a year ago, we shuffled through the house aimlessly for a couple of months. Cooking dinner according to the kids’ various work and gym schedules was no longer necessary. Going out to…

  • Cloud Pillars

    Cloud Pillars

    On a flight to Texas, I noticed these two, taller cloud formations and decided to share them with you. Blue skies were a mood-lifter as the plane rose up over the dark, dreary New York weather.