“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Frances’s Light
While looking for something in my small writing desk early this morning, I came across a beautiful card someone had sent and which offered blessings for my new home. Obviously I had received it the past spring. Having forgotten the sender, I opened it with curiosity, and it was as if a light came out…
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At the Top of the List–Hopefulness
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence. ~ Helen Keller As I sat with pen in hand, making my annual list of hopes and dreams, I had the very hopeful idea that the coming year of 2010 would prove to be one of the best of…
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To Carry Me Forward
I do not do resolutions or goals. Those are hard words, girding up loins and doing it myself words, and that never works for me. Hopes and Dreams! The very words echo of promise. They come from the heart, not the head, and they give me strength for glancing over my shoulder at where I’ve…
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In the Christmas Spirit~Sharing Blogs and Mystery
My gift to you is to share a few blogs that have given me inspiration in a number of ways for this Christmas season: The Pleasures of Homemaking, where I found eye-candy and ideas. The Cozy Little House, full of inspiration, comfort, and splashs of red, a favorite of mine right now. My dear friend…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
I had to dig and dig through moving boxes, and many decorations have not been found, nor places decided to put them, so this year my decorating is slap-dash at best. Yet, there is the ever-thrill of Christmas. No matter what is happening in my life, at Christmas I become a child again. I threw…
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Yes, There are Still Miracles, Virginia
Here is a tale from an ordinary woman, my friend who is a recent widow, in her own words: Ok, I have a story to tell about a miracle. Because I receive James’ social security now, they require I go on medicare. I won’t go into the battles I have been having with the US…
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~ Contra Costa Times
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