Recently, I received an email from someone who had experienced the loss of her sweet baby girl over a year ago. Obviously, the last holiday season was the first one after her loss and people were “expecting” her to be grieving then. This year she wasn’t quite so sure what people expected, and she asked …
Holidays
Another Thanksgiving is here, well, for all my U.S. readers anyway. All month long some have been focusing on gratitude affirmations of one kind or another. This is certainly a worthy and even healthy exercise. Have you been thinking a bit more this month about people and things you’re grateful for?
Here in the USA as the Fourth of July is here once again, I think about all the years this has been such a wonderful summer holiday to anticipate and enjoy. This year is no different and with the longer extended holiday weekend, hopefully many will have even more time to enjoy it.
If you’re a regular reader of Nancy’s Point, you know I often write about my mother. I thought perhaps it was time to write a post about my dad. Since Father’s Day weekend is here, what better time, right?
Recently when I was organizing a few dishes in my china cabinet (by the way, I own no genuine china), I ran across a few old cup and saucer sets that first belonged to my grandmother and then my mother. Seeing them made me a bit nostalgic as I paused and remembered…