• my story - Potpourri

    Every day’s a celebration

    I’m seeking to carry on this birthday celebration for as long as I can.  Why, I just might even name this blog: The Birthday Celebration Blog!  But I doubt it.  I mean, I think after a while, it would be rather boring to read about someone dancing day after day bcz she loves that she turned *50* — an age she never thought she’d be — and lives to write about it — or writes to live about it. Some of the sweet things that Spring brings each year — I know, besides my birthday — are other’s birthdays.  And…

  • Motherhood - my fiftieth year - Timothy - Ghana

    30 Favourite Things #22

    There has been quite a variety of experiences or special things in this collection of “30 favourite things” — life changing or life-impacting things during my fiftieth year.  When I first began writing these entries, I obviously didn’t have a specific plan or order of importance in the posting of these things.  They’ve just sort of unfolded — not necessarily even in order of thought… I’ve just written about what’s come to mind on any given day.   To have our boy, Timothy, be called to be a missionary was not a surprise to me.  I’ve known all his life…