by Norma Thatcher | Feb 26, 2019 | Family, Inspirational, Thought provoking
The television show featured a young woman having an argument with her dad. The father was urging her to write down some important information. Her reply was something like this, “My generation doesn’t write stuff down. By posting photos and videos, we SHOW what we’re...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 24, 2019 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
The public speaking homework I had assigned my leadership students ended up being more difficult than it sounded. From a list of sixty characteristics of an effective leader, each student was to choose just three and in a class presentation, convince the rest of us...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 9, 2019 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
God does work in mysterious ways, and many people believe that the phrase is from the Bible. But it is not. Rather, it’s a paraphrase from the poem Light Shining Out of Darkness by William Cowper. In 1773 he wrote, “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 5, 2019 | Inspirational, Love
We Americans surely love our animals. Many American households include at least one pet. There is disagreement regarding the actual numbers, but here are the statistics for pet ownership in US households from four sources: US Census 49% Simmons National Consumer Study...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 29, 2019 | Inspirational, Love
On March 7, 2006 twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel celebrated their 16th birthdays by testing for and obtaining their Minnesota driver licenses. Although that sounds perfectly ordinary, the girls made history: They are conjoined twins, sharing one body with two heads....
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 1, 2019 | Christmas, Inspirational, Thought provoking
The 2018 holidays are officially behind us, and there are those among us heaving a huge sigh of relief. Not everyone has a holly, jolly Christmas. I helped a friend yesterday mostly just by listening. Her extended family and friends had been giving her a hard time...
