Writing Life Stories

Writing Life Stories is the name of this blog. That is because I enjoy writing true stories about events in my life and about people in my l...

Sisters, June in front, Gay on the right and me, Glenda in red This past weekend, I finished watching the 2000 TV series Parenthoo...

I attended an online writing conference this past week. Read about my experience and what I learned here. I was motivated and inspi...

I received an email recently with an article by  Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell . The following is an excerpt from that article. I want to be c...

I have certain blogs I visit on a regular basis. One of them is  https://writingthroughcancer.com/ Writing Through Cancer.  One mi...

We all need connections with other people. Listening to Pope Francis talking to children who live in difficult situations, some homeless, so...

Here it is Sunday again . The weekend passed so quickly I hardly knew it. One of the best parts of this weekend was a visit with a former s...

True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible. One feels the attrac...

Today, January 2, 2015, is the 100th birthday of my cousin, Monteen Hayman , in Palmetto, Florida. When I was compiling information ...

I am not a fan of television evangelists usually  but tonight while I was working on something Joel Osteen came on  my screen . I have heard...

August is  here. The buzz of the insects in the woods and the shadows' change in slant are telling signs to me that fall will be h...

We had a terrific first class at Tri-County Community College last Tuesday. We missed those who didn't make it and are sorry to learn th...