Tag Archives: Abundant Life

Full of Fashion @ 50+!

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It has been established that I like clothes. I also like fashion. However, I do not want to try to dress like a 30-year-old. Those days should be over.

This is obviously something I could talk about in detail.

So what is a gal to do? Continue reading Full of Fashion @ 50+!

Unconditional Love in Person

My sister in law passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015.   She was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago, bone cancer a year ago and just recently it had spread. She was 59 years old.

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(picture of big sister Connie with her little brother, my husband)

Her memorial service was Wednesday and her adult children planned a lovely service. Connie had donated her body to science, which was characteristic of her loving heart. Continue reading Unconditional Love in Person

35 Years Ago Today…..The Secret!

35 Years Ago Today….

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I married this skinny 20 year old boy from the east side of town. I was 19 and we married between semesters of college. The church was already decorated; even though green and red are my least favorite colors in the world. We had a woman “practice” the beginning of her photography career on us, and the dress was a second hand dress from a friend who had worn it in a pageant. I actually paid more for the hat, it was 1979 after all.

The church had just barely completed a total auditorium remodel the day before, it was icy outside, the cake was lop sided with a knife propping up one side, and my dad wasn’t even in attendance. We did not send out invitations, having put it in the local paper and I just hoped someone would show up. And they did. Continue reading 35 Years Ago Today…..The Secret!