When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

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Encouraging you to always feel at peace on near a river.

Do you feel at peace about your life? At 10 am tomorrow morning, I will be under general anesthesia for amputation surgery.  This does not bother me at all, because I have had 17 surgeries and I am peace with Read more…


Encouraging you to keep your dreams on near a river.

Never give up on your dreams! Yesterday was our national Martin Luther King day.  In 1963, this great man had a dream that all men would live together as equals and as one brotherhood, with the same civil rights and Read more…


Encouraging you to fail better on near a river.

Do you keep failing and not reaching your goals? Continue to fail better and succeed! He was born into a middle-class family and his father was a farmer. Because he was a hard worker, Oxford University admitted him. During his Read more…


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A letter to encourage you to keep going! This letter is to you. The you who: feels stressed. is depressed and anxious. has done it many times before but sometimes feels like you just cannot go on. does not want Read more…


Believe in yourself and make the impossible possible in your life! Ten years ago,  I fell from a standing position onto a sidewalk. The bones in my right ankle on both sides of the ankle and 6 inches above shattered Read more…


Be kind to everyone.  Your kindness could save someone’s life! I am in tears as I write this post. On Monday, June 19, 2017, a Christian fifteen-year-old girl named Sadie L. Briggs took her own life. In Sadie’s obituary, her Read more…


Encouraging you to succeed like a weed on near a river.

How to succeed like a weed succeeds. I love gardening.  I have noticed there are two types of plants:  persistent plants that do not need much care to grow and delicate plants that do. The two types of plants Weeds Read more…


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You too can learn from the teaching of my grandmother about persistence. The eagle is a very persistent bird of prey. It searches, determines its target, then swoops down to obtain its target. Nothing can deter an eagle in pursuit Read more…


How do you feel about Joe Biden? Dear Joe Biden, No, I didn’t address you as President-Elect Biden. For good reason! Never will I refer to you with the honorable title ‘President’. I feel very hurt and angry because of what Read more…


We all know what bullhead-itis is, even though it’s a word I coined myself last week! Recently we moved to a new home in a different town for medical reasons. Our older new neighbor across the street was very helpful Read more…

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