by Norma Thatcher | Oct 30, 2022 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
The local community’s Facebook story was extraordinarily touching. A car/truck accident had occurred at an intersection in 2004 in a nearby town. Anna Ringer, a 16-year-old girl, died in that accident. As often happens, a cross (in pink, Anna’s favorite color)...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 11, 2022 | Friendship, Love, Spiritual
Sometimes we expect the death of a loved one such as in the case of someone who has been under hospice care. At other times death comes unexpectedly from nowhere. The person was here one moment and then BOOM! like a flash of lightning, they’re gone. My friend Cindy...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 27, 2022 | Books, Friendship, Love, Thought provoking, Words
Within a span of days the book itself appeared before me twice, as in separate friends asking me, “Hey, have you read this book yet?” Then an easily recognizable snippet of one of the book’s drawings showed up when I was researching vendors on Facebook. I’ve mentioned...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 15, 2022 | Interesting information, Love, Thought provoking
I’m beginning to believe I may have a fixation on hands. When I read an article on NextAvenue.org about elderly people usually being portrayed photographically in the media by just their hands, I knew I wanted to write about it. But then I recalled that I had written...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 9, 2022 | Love, Thought provoking
The tradition began when my first grandson was between two and three and could understand language. I would ask, “How much does Grammy love you?” His eyes would light up as I held up one hand and measure about an inch between my thumb and index finger. “This much?” I...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 19, 2021 | Family, Love, Prayers
I live in the countryside so it’s usually very quiet at night. Since it’s just my husband, me, and the dog who are here, there’s not even much household noise after 10 p.m. Grace the beagle is an excellent sleeper. About the only noise she makes in...