"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do; it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t." – Rikki RogersDear Michelle,It's time to learn what we can from the letter "K".Staying with the animal Kingdom from the last letter, I wanted to write about what we can learn from Kang
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11/18/2024
"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked." -Carol Williams Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving post
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11/16/2024
Earlier this week, Wayne Martin included the following question in his Daily Trivia post:How old can supermarket apples be?Many of you were surprised by the answer of "one year." Since I live in the "Apple Capital of the World" and know more than a little bit about apples, I'd like to explain the
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11/14/2024
"The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments."I'm pretty sure that every year I've participated in the annual ActiveRain Thanksgiving Challenge has included a special post for my one-and-only, Max. This year will certainly be no exception. When Max died
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11/11/2024
"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked." -Carol Williams Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving post
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11/09/2024
“Retire from work, but not from life.”-M.K. SoniMy life has been a series of chapters. Retirement is a wonderful, perhaps final, chapter in which I have traded schedules, appointments, meetings, and deadlines for doing whatever I want whenever I want. That doesn't mean I want to waste what time
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11/07/2024
United We Stand. Divided We Fall Disclaimer: I think we can all breathe a little easier now that the election is behind us. Some of us may be pleased with the results, while others are not. Amid all the election hullabaloo, one of my biggest pet peeves kept coming up.Although the car is packed an
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11/06/2024
"If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving.” -Martin Luther King Jr.Today's letter is J. The obvious choice for this letter was "Joy," but I think we've covered the premise of joy in some of the other letters. I know you love animal
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11/04/2024
"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked." -Carol Williams Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving post
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11/02/2024
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it."The "October “Tech Tools Challenge", is a wrap, and Frank Worrell and I are thrilled with the turnout. With 28 amazing entries, we had the pleasure of being introduced to so many creative and practical tools that can help us all stre
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11/01/2024