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 | Sep 27, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Years ago I was drawn to the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl. In 1940, he was the Director of the Neurological Department of a hospital in Vienna, Austria. He and his wife Tilly were forced by the Nazis to abort their unborn child in 1942. Later that year he, his wife, his...
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 | Sep 17, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Elmo from Sesame Street is one of those endearing characters who forever stays a little boy, er, monster. I seem to remember that a phrase from one of the earliest versions of the talking toy based on the character was, “Elmo got new shoes!” As you may recall, Elmo...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 10, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Most of us tend to think of a stairway going UP in positive terms. Climb the steps of success The view is better at the top Work your way up Reach toward the light Stairway to Heaven But the image of a stairway going DOWN is generally considered in negative terms....
