Monthly Archives: April 2024

FMM 4 26 24 Style or Spoil?

“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.” ~ Erma Bombeck. Recently I answered a question posed about uniforms (for or against).  I shared that since I had worn uniforms for most of my childhood, and then for over thirty years of my adult life as […]

FMM 4 19 2024 The Rebel in Me

“I am not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.” ~ Sojourner Truth. They say you can’t go home again.  I have always had a problem with that concept, mostly because I have been fortunate to call many places home in my life.  A minister’s family (at least back in the day, […]

FMM 4 12 2024 What’s the Plan?

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” ~ Joseph Campbell. I have never been good at long-term planning.  I remember being surprised when a nephew of mine, who was maybe 21 at the time, declared that he would have to change his life plan due to an obstacle […]

FMM 4 5 2024 Peaceful, Easy Feeling

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir. I have often written of my family’s tradition of going camping in the summer.  This was the cheapest way to get away from the city during the long summer holidays (or vacation, as they say in the US).  My parents […]