Tales from a Mid-Lifer

  • Are We Really “Off” on a Snow Day☃️…Weekend😎…Vacation🌴?

    Does a true day “off” necessitate no phone use? How about if I don’t use social media but still text throughout the day? Am I resting? Having fun? Keeping my body healthy? I asked myself these questions and if I’m being honest, a true day off for me would mean…

  • Wordless Wednesday Branches

    “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.” John 15:5

  • Monday Gratitude

    “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” Jim Rohn  

  • Wordless Wednesday-Snowy Shadows

  • Monday Gratitude

    “Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and…

  • (Wordless) Wednesday

    This is actually not a filter on the last shot. The sun hit just right for this beautiful color. These are so pretty to me…not sure why, but they sway gently in the wind and capture my attention. I was simply thankful the sun finally appeared after too many days…

  • Gratitude – Henry Ward Beecher

    The unthankful heart…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! Henry Ward Beecher Photo: This photo and product are located at: thelittleheartcompany

  • Sunday Snowflakes…❄️❄️❄️

  • Like Moses, My Arms Got Tired

    Exodus 17 11-13 As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.  When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each…

  • (Wordless) Wednesday

    I took this on December 2nd when normally, the ground and water would be covered in snow. Even now in January, the northeast continues to have a very mild winter…hoping to get a pretty snow to photograph sometime soon!

  • Gratitude – by Francis Frangipane

    “The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.”    Francis Frangipane   Image: https://nature.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/1662592/

  • Save the Journals or Burn Them…?

      Although New Year’s Day is often a day to toss out the “old”, the January 1st purging of my home office was not planned. I just happened to smell a fire brewing outside and discovered my husband burning some Christmas wrap and nonsense snail mail. I was sitting in…