Family Discussions

Again, the twins were arguing. Being twins, there was much similarity; however, being twins also meant that each had to find her own personality apart from the other. Today, they had begun a game in the car of “I Spy” which culminated in a disagreement about the color of bird each had seen.

What’s Your Greatest Fear?

Random people were asked, “What’s your greatest fear?” Many named spiders as their greatest fear, while other people said that their greatest fear is being in a room full of snakes. One woman said that she’ll run out of the room just seeing a picture of a snake. Some never fly “the friendly skies.

A Grieving Heart during Easter

Easter is the season of renewed life. For those of us who grieve, however, our feelings are in sharp contrast to the reality of what’s going on around us. New growth, bright colors, family gatherings, children’s laughter, and beautiful songs of “Alleluia” seem to ignore the emptiness.

Easter Memories

Through the years, we would have Easter at Mom’s house. We had a dinner and afterwards, the adults would go outside and hide the Easter eggs for the kids to find. Then all the kids would go out with their baskets and look for the eggs in the yard.

Tax Tips

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A Grieving Heart during Easter

Easter is the season of renewed life. For those of us who grieve, however, our feelings are in sharp contrast to the reality of what’s going on around us. New growth, bright colors, family gatherings, children’s laughter, and beautiful songs of “Alleluia” seem to ignore the emptiness.

“Winter Storms, Hell And Heaven...”

The weather men warned us. Over and over. An extreme Artic front was coming, bringing harshly cold temperatures and freezing precipitation. Now, as one of our Midwest’s standing jokes indicates, we all are aware that our weather forecast can be just a little inaccurate, on any given day.

The Hardest Word

It's not difficult to identify people whose life has been touched by profound loss or personal tragedy. All you have to do is listen. Their responses become flat and curt: ‘Fine,’ ‘good as can be expected,' ‘Okay,' or ‘I'm alright.

Lingering Loss

The older we get the more friends and family members we lose through death. Within a period of three months, I lost three loved ones. Two of them died three days apart.

Faceplant In The Snow

Andy stepped outside after the recent huge snow storm in our city to meet our postman halfway. Our street was too clogged with snow and ice for him to navigate safely, so our mailman had wisely parked his van at the end of the street. Then this valiant servant of our U.S.