by Norma Thatcher | Nov 14, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
I experienced a captivating moment today. I stood in my backyard while Riley was sleuthing for chipmunks. As I lifted my face to the sun, the wind chose that moment to gust slightly. Leaves from seemingly every tree were released. They swirled around and around as...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 31, 2017 | Spiritual, Thought provoking, Words
Today is All Hallows Eve in preparation of All Saints Day tomorrow. Well, it is at least to Episcopalians and Roman Catholics and some other Christian denominations. It’s a holy day celebrating the saints. But most people are focused on Halloween. I recall when we...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 24, 2017 | Home, Inspirational, Spiritual
Some beautiful words in the English language don’t get used much anymore. One of them is wayfarer. The precise definition tells us that a wayfarer is one who goes on a journey, most often traveling by foot. When I came across the website for Wayfarer’s Chapel in...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 21, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
When my husband and I were newlyweds, we both worked in Washington, DC. My office was on the way to my husband’s, so we took the subway together, he’d walk me to my building, then go on his way. The process was reversed at close of day. My husband has always possessed...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 17, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
The first bear was created not to mark a memory but rather in joyous anticipation of a baby. Always the thoughtful one, seamstress extraordinaire Nancy Caldwell made custom crib sheets and a teddy bear in matching print as a gift for a friend who was adopting a baby....
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 23, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
My Aunt Winona says that my parents chose her as my baptismal sponsor and my mother let her choose my name. Lynne Elizabeth is the name she came up with, Elizabeth being my paternal grandmother’s first name. At my baptism when the minister asked, “What name is given...
