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Complete this thought, “Today, I hope….”
hope [hōp] NOUN VERB What is it that you hope for today? Simply? I hope that those I love are happy, stay healthy, and realize how very much I care for them. Today I hope that we as a world can start to re-learn kindness. Kindness to the stranger, kindness to each other, kindness to our family and friends, kindness to ourselves. Kindness to people we will never meet or know….kindness to the world. Kindness to the Earth. Though we were not brought up in a religious home, we were taught The Golden Rule. I honestly had no idea that it was a religion-based tenet until I was an adult,…
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Is there an item you own that is not of much monetary value but is very important to you?
Cash is king, or so they say! But there are definitely things in our lives that are more important than money – take a look into what Pam and Ellen share is important to each of them. Because of my current living situation, I have become a master at surrounding myself with things that I love, are steeped in memory but have very little monetary value. A dollar store rose that my grandson bought me – I will never forget him running up the walkway with it flailing above his head excited to bring the treasure to me. A stone that my granddaughter painted when here for a visit from…
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What one day would you like to relive?
What one day would you like to relive? Quite a question actually – for there are a lot to pick from depending on how old you are. For Pam, there are almost 23,000 to pick from and for Ellen it would be about 1300 less – see what we did there? A black and white verification that Ellen is YOUNGER than Pam. A lifelong joke of ours. Anywho – let’s scroll down and see which of those 20,000+ days they’d each like to live again/ This was a tough question for me. It took a lot of reminiscing to decide and I am not really sure that I made the…
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What decade of life have you most enjoyed?
Decades of a century.Decades of a personal life.We are talking about decades this week and more specifically, which decade of life have you most enjoyed?Let’s see what Pam and Ellen have picked. Funny thing is that as I reflect back on the different decades of my personal life, I am also thinking about how the decade of that particular century influenced my life too. There are lots of words rambling about in my noggin regarding each set of years but rather than get philosophical on this question, I will save all those thoughts for a different post. Instead, I will focus on the century decade of the 1980’s which aligned…
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Tell us about your favorite dish that your Mom made.
People sitting around a table sharing meals together – moments we all can remember from some point in our lives. But here we are going to be focusing on the meals your Mom made and asking the question – did you have a favorite dish of hers? It is funny to me as I look back over the years eating my Moms cooking. One thing stands out – I don’t remember much of it. What I do remember is the hours we sat down together around the table in her kitchen – her with the ever-present cup of coffee, me with a Tab. (now that is a blast from the…
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We are back……
Life changes in an instant. 2019 taught us that in a big way and we went into a blog hiatus for a few months. 2020 brought all sorts of new challenges and once again threw us a huge curveball. More directly, it threw Ellen the curveball when a car crossed the middle line and hit the car she was driving head on. Life changes in an instant. A moment which is then suspended in time. Out of respect for Ellen and what she has and is still going through, we took a six-month blog break. Today marks the end of that break and we thought we might bring you…
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One of my mom’s strongest characteristics was?
Thinking on your mother’s characteristics – can you single out one that you think was her strongest? Click below to see how close Ellen and Pam came on theirs. I thought and thought about this and finally decided that I would talk about how loving she was. Here are some of the little details that I can remember: I can still feel her hands as she stroked my hair or brushed it. Cozying up next to her on the couch to have her read a book to me or both of reading our own books as I got older. Feeling her hand on my shoulder as she leaned over…
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Do you remember the first time your heart was broken?
We do, vividly. If you’d like to hear, click our names above. Brave enough to share yours?Leave your tears below in comments. I will never forget it! EVER. But not for the heartbreak but because it was my first true love. At least that is what I thought at the tender age of 16. Let me tell you how we met. It was a beautiful sunny summer day. A group of us were going to a local amusement park. Our car was full, so we had to drop someone off with one of the other drivers. As we headed out of his driveway and down the tree lined road, time…
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Describe your family dynamic.
Wondering if we describe the same family differently?Click our folders below to find out. And what about your family? Care to share in comments below? The family I grew up in was relatively small. Mom, Dad – three kids. Brudder, me, sister; in that order. Dad worked outside of the house – he was in sales, he sold insurance when we were younger. He had long days and would arrive home usually around 8 pm or later. Mom worked as a virtual assistant when we were young. There were many days I’d hear the click/clack of her typewriter when I got home from school. And I remember helping with more than…