Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: PRIVILEGE My attempt to mitigate the fact that I have been accorded […]
Why Gamble On Your Child’s Future?
This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own. The biggest football game of 2018 is today! (If you’re reading this after 2/4/18, look ahead to February 3, 2019.) Fun Bets About the Big Game It’s inevitable. Every year, we will join […]
Five Minute Friday: AGREE
Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: AGREE My social media feed is already full of people who don’t […]
Why I’m Not Laughing at the Tide Pod Challenge
These cookies look tasty enough to eat: And I have it on good authority that these shots are delectable: But………. About The Tide Pod Challenge I suspect my opinion on this may put me in a minority, as I am taking a fuddy-duddy, somewhat humorless approach. I’ll have to take being in the minority. If […]
Five Minute Friday: SURRENDER
Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: SURRENDER From the moment I saw that today’s word was “surrender,” I […]
Needing to be Elsewhere
Sometimes, we have an overwhelming desire to be somewhere else or our life circumstances make it impossible to stay where we are. This week, three organizations/people addressed that need in ways that deserved more than a quick social media share. Therefore, I have chosen to highlight them today. A Randy Pausch Quote Every issue of […]