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Don’t you hate it when you call home to see how someone is doing and they tell you they are about to be evacuated? Unless you live in the midlands of South Carolina, you probably…

Here in South Carolina we don’t just have a little pollen in the spring, we have clouds of yellow pine pollen filling the air that dusts our cars, rims our ponds with bands of yellow and, if…

I had finished speaking and was making my exit stage left when the coordinator of the Gals and Pals event called me back on stage.  I wondered what she had in mind … and what she had…

I had to throw him back! Even before he had him netted and aboard, the captain was saying, “I don’t know, Penny, he’s a biggin’… might be over the limit.”  When the yardstick wouldn’t give…

It’s OK to walk away from something that hurts you. Sometimes, no matter how hard we try or wish and pray the circumstances of life were different, they never change – and they never will……

Is it better to arrive late – or ugly?  Arriving late is just another way of saying, “My schedule is more important that yours.” Arriving ugly is like wearing a sign that says, “You’re not…

Breaking News!  We are not forsaken.  Spring really is coming! As far north as Massachusetts, daffodils have been seen poking up through the soil and snow – and we have to love them.  They are…

This week’s Thought From Penny comes from my wonderful speaker-friend and Bounce Back Buddy, Jane Jenkins Herlong’s blog. “On a hot, humid summer day, a young wife sat on the porch drinking sweet tea and visiting with her…

Have you ever noticed how some people celebrate your success while others resent it?  I have heard these two types of people described as being “balcony people” and “basement people.” “Balcony people” have a positive…