Is school done in your area of the country? We just recently finished our last day and are excited to be starting our long Summer break. But the teachers and staff still have a few more days left. We decided it would be fun to tell them thanks for a great year by sharing a…
Summer is soon going to be just a memory. Fall is coming on strong! When the seasons start to change, it’s a great time to take a look at the direction our lives are going and see if there are some areas we want to tweak. Whether we need to make new friends, invest more…
It’s easy to applaud and appreciate the large-scale efforts of groups that go in and do a rebuild project after a natural disaster or travel to another country to take food and medicine to a needy village or community. But big efforts like that are not feasible for many of us. Instead, we need to…
Do you love to knit or crochet? Last week I saw Gary Sinise on an advertisement telling about how people like you and me can help our military men and women and say thanks. Here is a great way to use your hobby to help our men and women serving our country. You simply create…
This past weekend I stopped in to our local JCPenney store to spend a $10 coupon I received in the mail. My daughter and I were hoping to find at least one or two items on clearance so we could stretch the $10 as far as possible. We were in for quite the fun surprise!…
Sometimes hobbies are just something we do because we love them. But there are some hobbyist who are changing the world and making a difference by pursuing their hobby. Hobbies Make a Difference in the lives of many people. Maybe you know someone like that. (or maybe you, yourself, are doing something noteworthy.) Here’s your…
All around the world, there are quilters making a difference in people’s lives. Whether they are making quilts for cancer patients, nursing home residents, hospital NICU units, abused women or the military, quilters are piecing fabric and impacting lives. Quilters Making a Difference I recently had a reader mention that she and some friends have…
About 12 years ago, I worked in Lexington, KY as a secretary in a church office. I had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people. This last week, I got an email from a lady whose name sounded a little familiar. When we started talking, I realized that we had crossed paths briefly while I…