My husband and I entered a home accents store, looking for some decorative pieces for our new home. As soon as we started browsing, I stopped at a session filled with beautiful frames containing pictures, some with funny or inspiring words. Maybe it is a writer’s natural tendency, but my eyes linger a bit longer in frames with witty or inspirational words when I visit such stores. My house is full of them. That day was no different. As I entered one of the aisles, a lonely, unpretentious Continue Reading
Quitting… At the Edge of the Promise Land {Atlanta Journal Constitution Column}
It’s February. The graveyard of most new year’s resolutions. It seems harsh, but unfortunately, it’s just numbers. I did a little research and, according to a statistics website, 25 percent of people drop their new year’s resolutions by the end of the first week of January. The number goes up to 36 percent after the first month, and only 34 percent of people will remain committed to their goals past June. I am not proud to confess, but I have been on the team of those who don’t seem to be Continue Reading
