Re-Charged and Ready to Go!

February 8, 2011

Reading the title of this blog you?d think I had just returned from a luxurious cruise to some remote island where the sun always shines, it?s warmth radiating through me. Soaking those rays in, feeling the heat penetrate to my aching bones. Shining into my heart, warming and feeding my soul. Yes, you?d think I […]

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Boo!

February 1, 2011

I grew up in a small community called Pleasant Ridge. There was a church and one country store, called The Corner Store. Our roads had numbers, not names back then. My road number was 2042. Down that three-mile dirt road were about ten houses, a bridge that took you over Big Elkin Creek, and a […]

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Grandma?s Rocking Chairs

January 25, 2011

I attended the funeral of my second cousin on Sunday. It brought back many memories of when he would visit my Grandpa Harvey?s house. Frankie James Martin (Jan. 18, 1930 ? Jan. 21, 2011) would often come visit his uncle on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. It seemed there was always a crowd on grandma […]

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It?s Written, Now What?

January 18, 2011

I?ve found in the few short months since I became a published author that there are lots of un-published writers out there. I have been asked all kinds of questions about my journey from pen to press, one being, ?How did you get published? My first response to that question would be, ?By the grace […]

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If the Old Wood Stove Could Talk

January 11, 2011

I grew up in a small community called Pleasant Ridge, a suburb of the big city of Elkin, North Carolina, population? not many. I always knew we were a different sort of family. We never socialized with the church people unless they came knocking on our door to try and evangelize us, to save our […]

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Treasured Reflections

January 4, 2011

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth? Several years ago I bought my husband Jerry a gun safe for Christmas. Inside you?ll find odds and ends but not many things of actual value. Sure there is a shotgun or two, and the 410 my daddy gave me when I was a little […]

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My Resolution Not To Resolve!

December 28, 2010

After Christmas it?s clean up time at my house. When the tree comes down, the neat freak/anal compulsive what ever in me comes out. This year I even organized my decorations as I packed them away in plastic tubs, now if I can only remember my madness next year and find everything. This year as […]

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MATTIE THE MANGER MOUSE

December 21, 2010

(Note to readers: I hope you enjoy my children’s Christmas story and that adults will also find the valuable message held within it’s words.) It was very late on a cold winters night in that little town high up in the hills. All appeared quiet. Everyone; every living creature seemed to be sound asleep. All […]

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The Grinch is Still Alive and Well

December 15, 2010

Tis? the season to be jolly, right? Not so for many. The holidays add so much extra stress. While rural America is struggling to keep their head above water the dreaded expense of Christmas sneaks it?s way into our homes, robbing our purses and using our plastic so fast it goes back into our wallets […]

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Christmas, Past and Present

December 8, 2010

Christmas was once a very stressful time for me. As a child I wondered if Mr. and Mrs. Claus would have one too many toddies and forget to put out presents for my sister, brothers and I; or if Mr. and Mrs. Claus just wouldn?t bother to wait for Christmas morning and haul out the […]

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