by Jane Anderson | Oct 7, 2019 | Encouragement, Five Minute Friday
Just wondering . . . have you ever had a day when everything went right? Me either. That’s for ‘other’. Well, I take that back. Sometimes I am one of the ‘other’ people. I’ve had a lot of days when everything seemed to be OK and then there are those other days....
by Jane Anderson | Oct 4, 2019 | Encouragement, Five Minute Friday
Don’t give up! Have you ever listened to someone’s story and heard these words, “Fine for you to say, but you don’t know what I’m going through here.” When we listen at heart level, we become aware of problems people are going through and they are traveling the path...
by Jane Anderson | Oct 1, 2019 | Encouragement, Five Minute Friday
Do you ever worry? This morning, I told a friend, “I’m feeling anxious and I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s worry for some reason. I’m not sure.” I recognize the signs because I’ve been here before. Maybe you have too. I know what happens when...
by Jane Anderson | Sep 30, 2019 | Five Minute Friday
For each day in the month of October I will post a short essay based on a prompt, suggested by Kate Motaung. Kate is the founder of Five Minute Friday, an online community of writers who support each other as they engage in sharpening their craft. As iron sharpens...
by Jane Anderson | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Just wondering. Do you remember Miss Minnie Pearl? I think my first recollection of her was back in the radio days of listening to the Grand Ole Opry but if that’s not it, I remember her from the television program Hee Haw. She wore plain house dresses, sensible...
by Jane Anderson | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been fascinated by kaleidoscopes. When I was a little girl my grandma had one in the toy box. I still remember it was made out of a cardboard tube with a tin top and hazy plastic bottom. Not much to look at, but out of all the toys in the box, it was my...
by Jane Anderson | Jul 15, 2019 | Five Minute Friday, That's Life
Shakespeare said, “To thine own self be true.” What happens when you are willing to do that? I’m not sure why this memory came back to me today, but about six years ago we went out riding with our motorcycle friends on a long, leisurely, calm, dry ride to...
by Jane Anderson | Apr 1, 2019 | Books
I began following Alia Joy on social media before I knew she had authored a memoir that would resonate with my soul and help me reconnect with clarifying experiences of my past. Early in her book, Alia Joy bathes her story with fresh perspective on why we need...
by Jane Anderson | Feb 3, 2019 | Five Minute Friday, Uncategorized
For everyone on your third cup of coffee already….I hope you are in your happy place – not in the middle of a chaotic, “Where did I put my keys” kind of day. Where do those days lead? Right. Straight to a headache. Right now. . . Take a deep breath....
by Jane Anderson | Jan 28, 2019 | Encouragement, Five Minute Friday
The phone rings and I hesitate as caller ID flashes into view. I don’t have to press ‘answer’. I already know the question. My eyes wander back to the screen where the half-written email waits patiently for the return of my attention. Reaching for the phone now. “This...
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