Memories of the Heart Blog

Memories of the Heart: Shooting For Mother’s Day

Another successful Mother’s Day has come and gone. I guess what that mostly means is that after all is said and done I am still a mother with a child and we’re still speaking but it was better than that. It was fun. Today my daughter and her friend are cleaning my house as a [...]

Memories of the Heart: Not The Best Leader Of The Pack

I’m beginning to suspect that I’m not the best leader of the pack. I’ve been reading Cesar Milan’s magazine and watching some of his television shows and he’s the greatest. I admire what he does. But as I look at my pack leading skills I realize I need a lot of training.

My pack consists of [...]

Memories of the Heart: My Auto and I – Grateful Members of the Club

This is my Toyota Camry, which I love, sitting quietly in a parking spot. It looks ready to go, doesn’t it? Appearances are deceiving.

These are the car keys that my five-year-old grandson locked in my car. “Grandma, it was an accident!” So he says. My one extra key is an hour away.

This is the coat [...]

Memories of the Heart: How To “Build” (And I Mean Build) A Friendship

Hi. I’ve been gone for a week but I’m back and am ready to write some new blog posts.

Last week I was in Phoenix and my friend and I went to Build-A-Bear. At Build-A-Bear you choose the fabric skin of an animal to be stuffed, not necessarily a bear. They take a small, red heart [...]

Memories of the Heart: The Pleasures Of Being A Guest

I’m at my friend Jane’s house in Phoenix today. As I was driving over I started thinking about the ins and outs of visiting people. I’ve been looking forward to this trip, and I’ve known Jane since I was five and she’s wonderful so I’m very confortable at her house, but it’s still a transition [...]

Memories of the Heart: To Everything There Is A Season

As I was driving around lately I’ve noticed flowers that only grow in the spring.

This is a plant that grows around an old windmill on the dirt road leading to my house. Most of the year the plant looks dead but every spring it sprouts beautiful purple flowers that last about three weeks. I am [...]

Memories of the Heart: It’s Time To Make A Wish

This is the wishing well at my doctor’s office. Every time I leave the office I throw in a quarter and make a wish. I realize that it’s a fountain but I no longer see it that way. It’s now my ticket to good fortune.
Why a quarter, you ask? Why not a penny or a [...]

Memories of the Heart: How A CD Is Like A Life

I was thinking about music CD’s the other day. How they’re kind of like life. How is that, you say?
Most CD’s have both excellent songs and okay songs. On most CD’s I’ve listened to there are a few songs that are wonderful and I could pass on the rest.  Sometimes I’d rather not listen to [...]

Memories of the Heart: Living In A Wondering World

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog a couple of weeks ago and he made me think, as he so often does. Seth Godin blogs about business ideas and is a well-known author and he’s terrific. In the blog post, his first sentences were, “I stumbled on a great typo last night. ‘Staff in the lobby [...]

Memories of the Heart: Blown About For The Sake Of Business

This weekend I am working a craft fair. My daughter and I make soap and hand salve and go to fairs to sell them.  Yesterday the weather was beautiful but today it was windy. Really windy.
I noticed when I got there and the canopies were trying to fly away. We were all standing next to [...]