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I had to hide it in the garage….
It had to be done. As difficult as the decision was it was my last ditch effort at discipline. I got a six foot ladder, set it up and placed the jar of super delicious creamy goo as high as I could on...
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Carl
I was in that wonderful state of sleep/wake – where you are dozing but also hearing everything, knowing that you are going to get up but don’t have to just quite yet….that’s the best kind of...
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The most beautiful tee shirt – ever!
I was never good at sports. I have never had my name called and been asked to come to the front of the room. I have no trophies or plaques or blue ribbons or commemorative watches. I never won any...
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A week of coincidences….
What an amazing week it has been! It has been chock full of coincidences – those “God Winks” that make For Giving Works the joy that fills my days. A friend once told me to pay attention to the...
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Nancy’s apple tree….
I love my customers….they send me the most wonderful things! I sold the above necklace to a woman named Nancy and assumed she was somehow affiliated with the field of education because her email ended...
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my Schlotzsky’s doctor…..
After being a “Maxxinista” at the T J Maxx for at least a couple of hours yesterday in Athens, GA I climbed into my vehicle in search of the nearest glass of unsweetened tea which I found just across...
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“so, are you telling me you are glueless?”
I had the privilege of speaking with an acquaintance last Tuesday – it was an unplanned visit – but it happened and the timing was unusually perfect. Again, the universe sends me what I need when I...
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I spoke at a funeral…..
As we begin a new year the first week of it has been spent in reflection. 2012 was a good year and I have been asking myself why? It was a year full of wonderful stories, simple triumphs and even some...
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reunited on a wrist and in our hearts…
This is a wonderful story that got lost in the 2012 Christmas holidays. January followed and was a period of recovery from the chaos that begins with Thanksgiving and ends on New Year Day. But now, as...
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butterflies land on her…
An acquaintance once called my work “emotional jewelry” – he probably doesn’t even remember saying these words but they wander in and out of my consciousness as I work. When he said it I wondered if...
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