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(An open letter to my husband, John Basham, on the occasion of our Golden Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, March 19, 2016.) Mr. and Mrs. John Basham – 1966 Saturday, March 19 , 1966, it was a different world when we said “I do.” Gasoline was 29 cents per gallon, and we were still in […] I have a secret—something I am very excited about, but cannot yet share. What I am aware of is how that excitement and feels in my body. My breath is a little quick, and high in my chest…. As soon as I can, I will share the details of my wonderful news. In […] Some people will not be able to relate to the concept of feeling homesickness, but it is a feeling that has been with me since childhood. I would go to spend the night with a friend, have a wonderful time all day, and then at bedtime get overwhelmed by wanting to be home. […] It has been said that time flies when you are having fun. Delighted by the plentiful waterfowl, sea shells, and sunshine, the time is flying by with many family and friends visiting and enjoying some time here on Pine Island, what I call a zoo without cages. Great Egret coming to check out […] A few days ago, we received the sad news that our grandson missed passing his EMT class. He needed an 80, and got 78.3. To miss a really big goal by less than two percent was a huge disappointment. He will need to wait until July to start the class over, and he […] Ram Dass said, “We’re all just walking each other home.” My friend, Pamela Chappell, wrote a song based on the quotation. On my way to the remote Buddhist Sangha for the weekly meditation, my van bottomed out in one of the ginormous mud puddles. Two wheels were up in the air, and […] “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it…”RUMI This morning a man who has written a daily thought for years put in his opening the following quotation about worry: “How would your life be different […] “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ~John Bunyan When my sister came to Florida on Friday she could not have known the details of the warm welcome awaiting her. Oh, sure, the morning of her arrival the area experienced heavy thunderstorms (complete […] When I found out I was going to be a grandma, I went kicking and screaming. I was only 39 years old, and I was way too busy to be a grandmother. Everything changed 26 years ago today, when I held Bradley Joseph Zelenak for the first time. He truly is an “Angel […] The idea of meaningful gifts has been on my mind and in my heart for a good long while. December 13, 2015, I shared a talk about the subject when I was guest speaker at Pilgrim Congregational Church. As usual, none of my pre-thinking did anything to inoculate me from enough tears to sink […] |
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