by Norma Thatcher | May 6, 2017 | Family, Humor, Love
You may decide that what I told him today was harsh. “I have a life without you. I know that’s not true for you, and I’m sorry.” He looked at me with those amazing eyes, gazing through, it seemed, to my very soul. I could tell what he was thinking. Did she just say...
by Norma Thatcher | May 2, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
In retrospect I should have thought through the sequence of events a little better. Yesterday I had some minor out-patient toe surgery done under local anesthesia. Early this morning I had an infected and cracked back tooth extracted under sedation. So yesterday I...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 25, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Some people (it seems especially older people) have a habit of reading the local obituaries each day. I recall my parents doing this, but I don’t do it. (Not yet, anyhow!) Is it just me or do you find it unsettling when the family chooses a decades-old photograph to...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 22, 2017 | Home, Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
About six years ago as my husband and I were sitting in our breakfast room, a wicked thunder storm was under way. We ate with the sounds of thunder and lightning as our background music. Our breakfast room may be the smallest room in our house, but it feels open since...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 18, 2017 | Humor, Inspirational, Leadership, Public speaking, Spiritual, Thought provoking
The postlude at our Easter Vigil service was Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F minor composed by Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 1844 – March 1937). This is a joyous piece of music that actually has been used at royal weddings. Prince William and Princess...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 11, 2017 | Humor, Inspirational, Leadership, Public speaking, Thought provoking
I had a student once who didn’t like to do the assigned “prepare a three minute presentation” homework. His philosophy was that he was already pretty good at public speaking, and he felt that he was a better speaker when he just stood up, opened his mouth, and started...
