This is the talk I gave at my father's Memorial Service, March 14, 2013: Arland Duce Hillyard March 3, 1932 - March 9, 2013 My...

Our society is afflicted by a spirit of thoughtless arrogance unbecoming those who have been so magnificently blessed. How grateful we shoul...

We lost a good friend today .... our toaster. Oh, he'd been going downhill for quite awhile, and it was not pretty. Smoke alarms going o...

How many of us remember 1977's iconic Close Encounters of the Third Kind ? Remember the scene of Richard Dreyfuss building the mountain ...

In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still...

There can be no joy without gratitude. from Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans

I had my sleep study last night.  This time they let me sleep with a CPAP and it went a lot better!  After being trussed up like a turkey w...

Since we weren't home for Christmas last year, we weren't able to have our traditional holiday dinner of roast beef and Yorkshire pu...

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To...

Today is a red letter day for me!  I received my first check today from Amazon.com for sales from my first book What Would Nancy Do?   I gue...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder American Playwright 18...

I am missing my babies tonight.  I know, my boys are here....they haven't gone anywhere, but the little guys I used to cuddle and love ...

I don't really have a quote for today.  I've been thinking today about blessings.  This week my aunt Charlotte passed away, and toda...

The time came when He stood alone. Some Apostles doubted; one betrayed Him. The Roman soldiers pierced His side. The angry mob took His lif...

Well, as predicted the storm blew in late yesterday afternoon and it was a doozy!  In one two-hour period we got about 6 inches of snow.  No...

I'm thinking about fate.  Today, in lieu of a famous quotation, my thoughts are on my husband Stan.  Today is his birthday, and I have a...

I just have to share this book with you!  Debbie Macomber's ONE SIMPLE ACT: DISCOVERING THE POWER OF GENEROSITY is a perfect book to st...