As I was walking out of the office at work today, I saw not one, but two copies of this image posted on peoples’ cubicles. I’d seen this drawing before. My dad had brought it home from work when I was much younger. He and my mother always taught me never to give up. [...]

Of all her children, my mother says I am most like her. I’d have to say that’s one of the greatest compliments she could give me because she has been the greatest teacher I’ve ever had and was instrumental in making me who I am.
My mother grew up poor in rural Arkansas at the tail [...]

One of my great, great grandfathers was Rev. William Erskine Reed. For many years, he lived and preached in Jackson County, Iowa. Recently, my sister was fortunate enough to find some information on him, including an old sermon. It amazes me that at the time he gave this sermon, there were no computers, no cars, [...]

This website has been down, depending on where you are, for weeks. I ran across the weirdest DNS issue and I really have no idea what the problem was. I could access my site via the AOL software (please no digs at AOL, I know it sucks, but most of my family is on it). [...]

We had Chinese for dinner the other night and we finished it off with fortune cookies. My husband passed me the fortune he received. It said, “You know what you what – get to work and make it materialize.” No, I didn’t type that wrong, that’s what it actually said. I assume they meant “You [...]