Home, home on the range. Where the deer and the antelope play…..” I was privileged to attend the world premiere of the new film, Home on the Range, a few months. It took place at Wichita’s Historic Orpheum Theater just a few blocks from our own historic landmark home. This past week a fundraising event around this film occurred at […]
Heartwarming Reflections On 2022 To Empower 2023
“Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie As I contemplated writing about this past year, a heartwarming reflection was not what came to mind. To be honest about how I FELT about his year, was “blah”. However, as I looked back at the year objectively, I see my feelings need […]
Three Ways Quiet Pivotal Moments Can Burst Open New Adventures
In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made. – Vera Farmiga I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an arbitrary and superstitious yes or no, was in fact a pivotal moment in my life. – Gregory David Roberts I remember the […]
My Grandfathers’ Rocking Chairs – What They Represent
There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking chair that attaches to no other moving object. – Wallis Simpson We are fortunate that two rocking chairs, one from each side of my family, the Hancocks and the Rightmeiers, remain in the family. We do not know much about them, except they were […]
Every Last Generation Is A Powerful Servant Of The Next
“He shows mercy from generation to generation to all who fear him.” – Luke 1:50 NLT God’s mercy in every last generation, goes beyond simply not getting what we all know we deserve. The word for mercy embraces His covenant love for all of mankind. However, a critical element is mankind’s individual choice to receive […]
Laying Our Loved Ones To Rest With Honor And Dignity
“The first night in Morotai, the Japanese sent over a bomber on the north end of the island. The next day we went out and dug a deeper foxhole.” – Lt. Joseph F. Cullen, Personal Diary My husband went to rent a car for a trip to the west coast. The occasion: A memorial service […]
What One Thing Never Fails? Love, The Eternal Kind
Love Never Fails….. (1 Corinthians 13:8) The gavel came down and the divorce was final. My childhood sweetheart, the boy down the street had simply decided he did not want to be married. I had no say, no voice in the matter, except to go on record that this was not my desire, but the […]
Happy Twenty Twenty Two? Yes, With Forward Motion
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect” ― Alan Cohen Forward motion is not what comes to mind describing the last two years. Lockdowns, hindrances, interruptions, and constant adjustments have taken an emotional toll on all of us and have tried to define us. This was one […]
I Just Want To Write! Some Observations and Rants From A Determined Creative
Write what should not be forgotten. – Isabel Allende As a determined creative, this BLOG began with a simple premise: to capture story in four themes that have occurred over the 65 plus years of my life: Family, Foundations, Flight, and Faith, and share them on this platform. Giving Lost Stories A Voice…is my tagline. […]