by Norma Thatcher | Oct 8, 2016 | Family, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Here’s what I had in common with my Dad: Both Virgos, highly organized, liked poetry. Dad once gave me his worn copy of The Best Loved Poems of the American People. I wrote poetry when I was a young woman. Then it seemed that the sadder I felt, the better my poetry...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 4, 2016 | Family, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Some years back I was a volunteer for the local literacy group. During my tutor training, I was reminded of the value of a small win. My first adult student could identify just ONE of the 300 most commonly used words in the English language. It was the word on. Since...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 1, 2016 | Family, Humor, Thought provoking
Years ago when a favored grocery store was still independently owned, I witnessed an amazing display of genuine customer service. At the time, the store employed “bag boys.” Several would be on duty, and they took turns packing up your groceries at checkout, then...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 24, 2016 | Family, Home, Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
The magazine article was about a mom around my age who was trying to convince her 30-something daughter to take Great-Grandma’s set of good china that had been packed away in the attic for twenty years. Daughter wasn’t interested; Mom tried to guilt her into taking...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 20, 2016 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve heard of “tiny houses.” These houses typically fall in a range of 300-400 square feet. They’re compact and the best ones find ways to seemingly put every inch to work. This is huge contradiction to...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 16, 2016 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
I wonder why we are so surprised by death. Every single person alive at this moment will eventually die. Your chance, and mine, of living on this earth forever is literally (and I mean that in the truest sense of the word) non-existent. Yet we continue to be caught...
