This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own. “Skip a latte and spend the $5 on something that will last longer.” I have used this argument often in my life, either to encourage someone to donate to a charity, or to […]
Five Minute Friday: RETURN
Today’s prompt: RETURN My friend Gordon posted the image below on our running club’s website a few days ago. It resonated with me because, despite *all* the well-intended encouragers out there who say “no goal is impossible if you try hard enough,” I truly “just can’t” run right now. But that’s a post for a […]
Maybe Next Time: WITH
The humble word “with” (and its Latin version, “cum”) could be better used in these two ways: THE SUMMA CUM LAUDE GRADUATE’S CAKE Did you read about the case of Publix and the summa cum laude (with highest praise/with highest honors) graduate? His mom ordered a cake from Publix online, and requested that his graduation […]
Five Minute Friday: PAUSE
Today’s prompt: PAUSE WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING? Although my use of all caps here may imply yelling, that’s not exactly my intent. I am thinking of my father-in-law asking me that when he lived with us. He didn’t understand my quick day naps (I’m not sure I did either). Napping has always been something I […]
Dispelling 3 Myths About Hospice
My father-in-law had two encounters with cancer over the three years he lived with us. The first was managed by radiation. When the tumor showed up in essentially the same place (his throat) a second time, our family concurred with his physicians that hospice care was the best option, since he was not a candidate […]
Five Minute Friday: SECRET
Today’s prompt: SECRET I bought the sleep mask pictured above recently. (I am going to bed exceptionally early (for me) and that creates a disconnect since inevitably I *just* get to sleep when my husband comes in to go to bed and turns on the television. I am not likely to convince him not to […]