Choosing the Weather… Not!

I went for a walk today… it was warm… in the 70’s… quite balmy for New Year’s Eve… even in Alabama. But… I quickly remembered that in a couple of days… the temperature will drop 30 degrees… and be in the 40’s. Bertha jogged up beside me… she’d actually lapped me a...

This or That?

  I’m finding that as much as I want to…I can’t do everything…and that’s not just a control thing…although…I do like to be in control…no…it’s more of a… if I do this…then…I don’t have time to do that…and…I have to choose which one to do… I’m not sure how mothers...

The Chosen…

Bertha…is bugging me…again…this morning…about…choices…and…how…I always have one…even when I think I don’t…even when I say…I…HAVE…to do something…I truly don’t…I have merely…CHOSEN…to do it… So…when…I complain…that…I have to go to work…she reminds me…that…indeed…I...

Freedom’s Choice…

This morning…I’m sitting here…quietly spending a few minutes before getting ready for Church…and…I am overcome with…gratitude…that…I am free to do that…or…not…as I choose… Bertha…says…freedom…is truly priceless…and…that…I should make mine count today…in some way… I’m...

Choosing…

This morning…Bertha…just reminded me…that…it’s my life…and…I get to choose…so…I should always choose the good stuff… She says…it’s like being at a buffet…filled with delicious food…I can have anything I want from the table…or…I can choose that roll that has fallen on...