Art by Tina King “When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.” ~ Bryant H. McGill A Letter from Mother Nature. Severe storms affected a significant part of the southern region over the weekend. Living in Tornado Alley, aka Mississippi, the region experienced extensive weather […]
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Photo courtesy Getty Images “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.” ~ Thomas Merton Love Anyway. Yesterday I had the honor of taking part in a Christening at our little country church. My husband is a minister and became the pastor there last spring. In his
Graphic courtesy FreePik Negativity needs drama to grow; be annoyingly positive and starve it to death. When Being Social Is No Longer Fun. Until the early 2000s being social meant hanging out with friends at the local coffee shop. Twenty-five years later there is a whole generation that identifies being social as holding their cell
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Another Tall Tale from The Eustace Howard Family Adeline McBook Kingston was Jasmina Eustace Howard’s favorite aunt. She had lost her mother, Geneva, when she was eighteen, and Addie, as she was called, became a surrogate mother to Jasmina and her siblings. Addie was what you’d call a straight arrow type of person. She
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“Be grateful for triggers, they point where you are not free.” ~ Unknown Roy Rogers and Trigger. Does anyone remember watching them as a kid? They were a bit before my time, but I do remember my parents talking about Roy Rogers with his trusty horse, Trigger. Trigger is a word you hear frequently in
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“There is no wealth like knowledge, and no poverty like ignorance.” ~ Buddha Something to ponder. Life has been very busy this summer. I have not had my normal time to ponder on things I’d like to share from a blog standpoint. My goal is always to share something positive or at least give
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“It’s summer and time for wandering….” ~ Kellie Elmore Just like riding a merry-go-round, life goes round and round, but it’s up to us to make the most of each turn. Something a little different… https://thcountzwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/New-Project.mp4#t=,513 Did you enjoy Tuesday’s blog in video form? Is this something you’d like to see more of? If so,
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Every experience shows that the true source of our problems is that we should love one another but don’t. (artwork by Eloise Schneider Mote) One love. One purpose. One goal. Over the weekend I had the pleasure of seeing the movie, Bob Marley: One Love. It had been in the works for many years, but
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.” ~ Carl Jung They saw a couple of guys from school as they pulled into the Pizza Hut and parked. Molly checked herself in the rearview mirror to make sure she had enough lip gloss on. She secretly had a
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“Life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” ~ Khahil Gibran What of death? Do you think about it? Have you experienced the death of someone you loved? Are you afraid of it? Heavy questions for a Tuesday morning. Last week I did not have proper time to sit
