Welcoming Joy. The season is upon us. We would be welcoming family and friends into our homes. This year we must find a way to welcome Joy without them. The virus necessitates the need for distancing which can make us long even more for the closeness we crave at the holidays. Find a way to welcome joy into your hearts and homes. Welcome joy by giving. Give at food pantries or shelters. Welcome joy by connecting. It may not be in person, …
Sheep
Cuddly, black, meek? I cared for sheep on my parents farm when I was young. I also bought a flock the year before I married. The older ewes were skittish and wary of our presence. Unless of coarse we were carrying a bucket of delicious pellets for them to nibble on. They also didn't mind our presence when they were about to lamb. Shaking some fresh straw in their pen, hanging a heat lamp to warm the new arrival when it tumbled into our world, …
Bee Kind
Butt In Chair Right in the butt! Just hours before I was to sit down for four days of inspirational information provided by SCBWI's Summer Spectacular I was stung in the rear while mowing my lawn. Recalling Bruce Coville's, as well as many other's, suggestion of (BIC or Butt In Chair) as to how one can achieve their goals, the last thing I wanted to do was put my sore, swollen, itchy rear end in a chair. I sat on the edge of my chair …