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“A good sister-in-law is worth a thousand friends.” – Unknown I married young and have been a part of my husband’s family for many years. His family became my family. We just got back from a little vacation retreat with that family. I’ve written about our sibling trips here on One Writer’s Journal a couple of times before and shared …
Some years ago I shared parts of this post about how to know if you were famous. At the time, a kid at a book event had asked me “Are you famous?” I didn’t exactly know how to answer him. I was there trying to get people interested in some books I’d written. But does writing a book make one …
My post is a little late. Monday instead of Sunday, but we had a big day at our house yesterday with our sons and their families here to enjoy the beautiful day of Easter. They came to church too. One family drove three hours and were only about five minutes late for services. Now that’s being a special gift to …
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. ~Simone Signoret My husband and I just made it through another year together and celebrated an anniversary this weekend. Oh, the memories that an anniversary can bring to mind. We were very young when we met. Darrell was a …
I’m sorry I’m late posting the last installment of my Random Line Game. I know this is Thursday and not Wednesday, but I’ve been off the grid up in a little of the Appalachian area Aunt Perdie loved here in Kentucky. I had a few days to enjoy the beauty of the hills with the fall decorated trees covering the …
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~Jacques Yves Cousteau Did you miss me? Don’t tell me if you didn’t. 🙂 We took off for a week at Amelia Island with a couple of our kids and families. So fun to walk on the beach every morning with my daughter and enjoy …
“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” ~Benjamin Franklin A little over a week ago I sent out a newsletter. In it, I had a giveaway as I always do in my newsletters, and because …
A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. ~Isadora James Some years ago, after my husband’s mother died, we got together with his brothers and sister to find a way to keep the family from drifting apart as can happen when each family becomes its own extended …
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin I had the privilege and joy of seeing my oldest grandchild get married this weekend. The wedding was lovely with much smiling and a few tears too as I watched my granddaughter step into the next part of her life. But her wedding …
“Sunday! A family day with a touch of weekend thrown in for good measure.” ― Anthony T. Hincks Don’t you just love Sundays – that day of the week when we pause for a moment from our work routines? Well, those of us who don’t have those jobs that have to be done on Sundays too like nurses and policemen …