What comes to mind when you think of a Sunday drive? For me, it’s thoughts of a leisurely afternoon drive where no one is in a rush to no particular destination. I think of tulips, the New Orleans Mardi Gras Fountain, and Coca-Cola. As far back as I can remember, the Sunday drive has been […]
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You Get What You Expect
Expectation – the state of expecting; anticipation. Anticipation – confident expectation Have you ever noticed that you get what you expect? I have and I bet you have too. If one imagines with enough energy behind it, expectations eventually manifest. When it comes to getting what we expect, we tend to put things in categories […]
Time is on My Side
As E is about to turn 11 and my oldest son is soon to be 35, I am reminded of how quickly time flies and the changes that come with its passing. Sometimes, we get stuck in a rut of negative thinking about time. Taking the time will require too much of us. We think […]
Thrifty
With talk of our depressed economy, I am reminded of my Granny’s insistence of waste not. “Don’t fill the bathtub with more than two inches of water,” she would say. “And don’t flush the toilet for number one”. Memories of conserving water give examples of her frugality, while a freezer of frozen Hershey Bars to […]