Thanksgiving Memories

I remember that time like it was yesterday. For weeks I, a college student at the University, would count off the days until Thanksgiving break. While studying in the vast college library I would imagine the sights and sounds of my hometown. On each page of those old...

Shining Moments

My favorite time on Thanksgiving Day… my absolute peak moment is yet to come. But I know that it will move my heart deeply again. It always does. Year after year. When the time is right and all the food is ready everyone comes to the table. Pull out the chairs and...

Shining Moments

We called her Aunt Annie although she wasn’t my aunt. Only a friend of my grandmother    but throughout my childhood she left many shining moments    and one in particular comes to my mind today…..years later. When Aunt Annie came to visit she would usually stay 2...

Shining Moments

 There’s something about coming home, isn’t there. Yes, Dorothy had it right in the Wizard of Oz when she said there’s no place like home. Even today although I enjoy times of getting away, I love coming home. Bags packed. Heart beating wildly. That can hardly wait...