by Norma Thatcher | Apr 8, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
An article in Real Simple magazine of March 2014 told the story of four women who are legally blind. The story’s focus was two-fold: 1) the difficulty of being a mom when you’re without sight 2) the tremendous benefits of being part of a support group The article...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 18, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
One of my big projects for 2016 was something I had put off for years: making for my family eight individually-specific memory books of my son Tim who died in 2008. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to perform this labor of love, you understand. It just seemed...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 11, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking, Words
We’re all familiar with the story line: Long ago in a faraway kingdom, a baby was born in the palace. Everyone was so excited! But no one was more overjoyed than the twelve fairy godmothers because they were entrusted with each bestowing upon the royal child a special...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 7, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
When my children were young readers, I’d go to the library near my work with a “shopping list.” Laura was into the Baby-sitters Club series, and Tim’s choice was the kid-scary books by R.L. Stine called Goosebumps. Thinking about the Stine series makes me consider...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 25, 2017 | Family, Humor, Thought provoking
Why is it we read the ½” x 2” slips of paper found in fortune cookies? Surely no one truly believes our future lives will take certain turns dependent on which cellophane-wrapped treat we get. Right? I will admit, though, there have been some messages I’ve remembered...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 18, 2017 | Family, Humor
I’m a huge fan of the library. I go there several times a month. It makes me happy to see people sitting reading or deliberating over which book to choose. Thankfully, the libraries I belong to are busy! In working on a scrapbook of my son Tim, a calendar entry...
