May Your Jar Overflow!

What do you do when you’re feeling uncertain, anxious or afraid about what lies ahead? When I drive our rural South Carolina road during the day it is cathedral-like, canopied by live oaks that give…

The weekly church announcements included “the flowers on the altar today are given to the Glory of God and in memory of all Sailors and Soldiers lost in war, by Bill and Penny Hunt.”  Bill…

“Mommy, what are you going to be for Halloween?”   I could hardly wait to hear the answer and inched a little closer to the costume rack. Yes, I was eavesdropping, but that’s what writers do.   “I think I’ll be…

I woke up early this morning—determined to accomplish some writing before the tyranny of “to-do” seized the day—and hurried from the house toward the office. Half way across the patio I remembered my cell phone…

Doris, one of my best friends, lost her only son, Patrick, in a freak auto accident. He was riding home on Ashley River Road in Charleston, SC near the entrance of Middleton Plantation when a…

SO, HOW’S IT GOING WITH THOSE NEW YEAR GOALS AKA RESOLUTIONS? I’m doing better with my big ones:• “Pay attention to the small things and the big things will take care of themselves”.For me that…