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The Power of Written Words
By Sheila Alewine @AlewineSheila No one can dispute the power of words, and I believe written words are exponentially more powerful, if only because they last longer. If a friend or loved one says something encouraging to me, I may remember it for a few days, or if it was…
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Bank on It
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Debit card, my debit card. Oh how I need that thing. One day a while back I couldn’t find my card anywhere. I looked for it all afternoon. Even by the next morning, still no trace. I searched high and low, near and far. I even searched…
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Body Part Bingo
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea As I get older, I notice more and more my body parts in a sort of a landslide. I know the medical and cosmetic powers-that-be can work wonders these days with surgeries, injections, peels and the like. Tape this part up, snip that part off. I guess…
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Finding the Power to Rejoice in Sticky Situations
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea How many batteries does it take to power the average American post-Christmas playtime? If I were to make a joke out of that question, it would probably include a clever play on words—maybe something about lithium ion versus lead oxide. No doubt we’d all get a big…
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Waiting on God
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea My toaster is totally messing with my head. It takes forever. I keep pushing the pop-up button only to find … bread. I wait and pop it up again. Still bread. Wait. Pop. Nope — still not toast. Then, what do I get in the split…
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Go To Your Happy Place
by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I hate it when I’ve been cleaning the house all day long and then realize it’s only been fifteen minutes. I’ll admit, cleaning is not my happy place. Of course, I had five kids in seven years and “clean” has always been a bit...well…relative. Mostly because…
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