Jun 26, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I woke to the soft snore-snorting of my sweet, but very old Chinese Crested, Moxie. Silently, I slid out of bed and into my blue robe with the yellow stars and an old pair of slippers, trying hard not to wake Moxie or my girls down the hall. I padded into the kitchen...
Jun 25, 2024 | A Day In My Life
A day in my life in Johnson City, Tennessee, is as simple as these four steps: Get up. Get going. Keep going. Go to bed. In between those basic steps I study freshwater mussels in local creeks and rivers, work part time in the children’s department at the public...
Jun 21, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Someone said once that the most significant events in our lives aren’t the plans but the interruptions. How true! Fifteen months ago, I was a forty-five-year-old widow with a thriving antiques business in Jackson Falls, Ohio. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine...
Jun 20, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Thanks for having me here today. My name is Deena Wood and I am from Brunswick, Georgia. I’ll be honest, I’ve had a few setbacks over the last year or so. I lost my mother. It was the most devastating pain I’ve ever experienced. Then, I lost my job...
Jun 19, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Footsteps pad along the hallway and into my bedroom. I try not to laugh, knowing what’s coming next. A warm body scoots up beside mine and my right eye is gently pulled open by two tiny fingers. “Jane, it’s get up time.” Although I want sleep, Ruby’s grin is too hard...
Jun 17, 2024 | A Day In My Life
The smell of bacon rouses me from my sleep. I smile. The sun is peaking over the mountain where I own a rustic bed-and-breakfast, birds are chirping, and all is right with the world. It takes me a second to realize someone who isn’t me is in the kitchen making...
