Stuff We Talk About

Although my mother went home to be with the Lord, she told me something years ago that I will never forget. I want to pass on the same...

By Vernalee Do you wish to be successful? Most of us do! Amazingly, barring a selected group, most of us have to work for it. If you were not born with “a silver spoon in your mouth,” it’s likely that you have to pave your way and work to support you and your family. When nothing is handed to you on a silver platter, off to work you go! So in the words of the late great Maya Angelou -“Nothing works unless you don’t.” So let’s get busy and roll up our sleeves as the sun rises

By Vernalee It’s here! Today is Monday! I have my “To Do” list ready. There are so many projects that I have to start and complete this week. Every Monday morning, I lay out my list and every Monday, I feel overwhelmed! I ask myself, “How can I possibly get all of these tasks done?” It’s a funny thing because every Friday, I say, “Wow. I accomplished a lot this week; more than I expected. It’s unbelievable how far I moved the needle.” I realize that - One step begins the j

By Vernalee With The Lord by our side, you don't need anyone else. Walk with him! Talk with him! Lay your burdens down before him. He will never leave you or forsake you. God hears and answers prayers. Because of his love, he shelters us and make our load lighter. What a mighty God we serve! I can't help but proclaim What a friend we have in Jesus! Happy Sunday! God bless!

By Vernalee “I have to say, I think I'm most excited about my Saturday morning. Nothing beats waking up and realizing you don’t have to be anywhere unless you want to be! What does your ideal Saturday morning look like?“ Ok, I’ll go first. Mine includes - buttery grits and sausage for breakfast with a steaming hot cup of coffee so that I can truly wake up and be functional; relaxing, writing, keeping the television on but not really watching it, walking around in my favorite

By Vernalee Many songs have been written about rain. Some love songs have referenced raindrops as teardrops. If your heart has been broken and it’s a rainy day, you can cry your eyes out and hide your teardrops as they can be easily mistaken for raindrops. “Rain drops keep falling on my head” is another familiar song about rain. There are many. The song - Have you ever seen the rain - has had many interpretative meanings. In a literal sense, the song describes a sun shower.

By Vernalee “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” a slogan which originated from a William Shakespeare play - describes a person who has great responsibilities, power, and prestige and is constantly worried; a person who subsequently doesn’t sleep soundly because of the pressure. The uneasiness proliferates and the stress of it all can turn their hair from black to white almost overnight. The expression fits people who are charged with making weighty decisions – leade

Alright .... Can you take what you give? Can you swallow a dose of your own medicine? Are you a “do as I say, not as I do” type of person? Can you take the same harmful, bad treatment, or unpleasant things that you have inflicted on others? Can you sustain an attack in the same manner in which you attack someone else? Before you say that they had it coming to them, who are you to be the executor and the judge? The time has come to see what you are really made of... Is it suga

Vernalee Greetings on this important day... Today is the day to vote! Voting is essentially important. Allow me to share a brief story. Before my mother passed and went home to be with the Lord, I had the honorable privilege to be her caregiver. I brought her from Mississippi to Ohio to live with me. It was now my precious turn to take care of the woman who so elegantly took care of me! I praised God for that experience because I learned so much more during her years with