I believe December is a magical month. It’s also a stressful month, but somehow, someway it all gets done, and we come together with family and friends and we celebrate. We find happiness and good cheer. Magical memories are created, mini miracles occur and many minutes of sheer joy spring up during December. Find these…
BigBoy’s elementary school had a fundraiser in order to add more books to their library. For two weeks, kids brought money into their classroom and added coins to a big jar. The classroom that raised the most money won an alien-themed party that ran along side the Scholastic Book Fair message, “Reading is Out of…
This is a guest post to the Word of the Month meme with November’s word as GIVE. The author of this post is a new and dear friend of mine, Susan Jentzsch. If anyone knows about joyfully giving of oneself, it’s her. Susan works full-time for a local hi-tech Fortune 500 company, is an owner…
I always find inspiration in quotes. Since November’s Word of the Month is Giving, here are some great thoughts on the word. I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. – Anais Nin The giving of love is an education in itself. – Eleanor Roosevelt You cannot receive…
This month a lot of people will write what they are thankful for, but a part of my interest in doing Word of the Month is to look at words in all of its forms and interpretations. You give voice to that and I am thankful. So looking at the other side of Thanks this…
I’ve wanted to do a writing meme for months now and I finally created one that I can get excited about. I’m not nearly as organized in my time or thinking to participate in weekly writing memes, like Mama Kat’s Pretty Much World Famous Weekly Writing Prompts or the Write on Edge. But given a…
