“Having breakfast with a best friend right before a doctor’s appointment is like having the most delicious dessert before an inedible, overpriced meal.” — Sister Rain

My husband recently painted our porch and the railing of our many steps also needed some tender loving color. I don’t know why but I really wanted to tackle this project. I can’t see anything clearly, let alone in detail, from a light standpoint it’s as if I’m always wearing…

One of the first questions I am asked when someone learns that I have a bird is whether he talks. I find myself replying that he mimics, which is true, but I do it in a way that is almost apologetic. I explain that he was in a bird rescue…

If you use the Notes app on your iPhone and iPad, I want to share with you the great features that I knew nothing about until one day I was convinced there had to be a way to use bullet points in the app and made the discovery. I was…

During a TV show about Houston and recovery efforts there after Hurricane Harvey, a woman was asked by a reporter how she and her family had fared as a result of the storm. Her response was immediate, honest and real, “We just lost one house and two cars.” She went on to…

Recently I mentioned to several people that when I call a business, I document the time, date and name of the person I speak to. I have done this for so long I don’t remember how or why I started doing it, but when I was just talking about it…

Driving by a local business, my husband saw a sign for an upcoming event. He told me about it when he got home and I commented that I walk by this place a few times a week and, of course, never saw the sign. This was an actual sign but…

Loving books since I was a little girl, new releases are like Christmas morning any time of year. Every month I go online and review the hundreds of new titles that have been published since I checked thirty or so days before. Doing just that today, the number of bound…

Yesterday while in church before a funeral service began, I removed a Bible and opened it, paging through it as if looking for a particular verse. My husband watched me with a quizzical look on his face. I leaned close to him and whispered, “If it’s going to happen anywhere, it’s…

Hopefully, better than mine.