Six years ago, an online friend made me an angel Christmas tree ornament with her own hands and sent it to me in the mail. It came at just the right time when I was facing a really scary situation. I tied it up on my car’s rear view mirror and it’s been there ever … Read More
Day 5: the heart of an entrepreneur
I’m not sure what my first business was but I’m pretty sure it’s either a “newspaper” I made Xerox copies of on my parents’ copy machine and sold for 2 pennies each, or the roly polies I decided to sell from our yard. With the first business, the only customer I had was our neighbor. She … Read More
Day 4: College boys singing Lady Gaga
A couple of years ago, I stumbled upon the TV show Sing Off! on NBC and was instantly hooked. The show is a contest between some of the country’s best a capella groups. Unfortunately, it was canceled so I just have to relive my favorite moments via YouTube. The cool thing about these groups is … Read More
Day 3: there’s nothing truly simple about cherry!
There are two flavors in my marriage that brings individual joy to the people in that partnership. Blueberry and cherry. My husband, not normally a sweets person, loves anything blueberry. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy blueberry muffins and the occasional blueberry blondie. But my husband loves blueberry-just-about-anything. The thing is, he hates cherry. We even … Read More