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Every Christmas morning our family enjoys a dish called Scrapple. It’s a Pennsylvania Dutch treat made with pork sausage and corn meal, sliced and fried, then topped with real butter. Even though Grandpa Tom hasn’t been able to make it … Continue reading →

People give up things for Lent. This year I decided not to give anything up but rather to add some things. I’m spending dedicated time each day in prayer, reading a devotional daily with my husband, and listening intently to and … Continue reading →

As I mourn the loss of a role model, mentor and kind friend, I celebrate the years he lived and the influence he had on my life and so many others. Frank Coulter was a teacher at heart. Even though he … Continue reading →

Although there is much to celebrate about my mom’s beautiful life, her passing is difficult to grasp. One of my favorite nonprofit development directors sent a sympathy card and included this writing from 1933. My mom was nine years old … Continue reading →

She’s always been tough and never gives up easily. Verna Dyne Cheney Busch is my mom and she is a survivor – breast cancer, depression, ulcers, heart attack, open heart surgery, dementia and congestive heart failure. She also watched two … Continue reading →

I hear Helen Reddy in my head singing I am woman, hear me roar. Yes, I’ve hit a milestone. I celebrated my 50th birthday on October 21st of this year. I am a birthday purist so the event had to … Continue reading →

On my last day here in Doha, my sister-in-law is hosting a rather large and extravagant dinner party. She started cooking yesterday and hasn’t stopped. I will be their last “out-of-town” guest before they move to Tulsa this summer so … Continue reading →

So you’ve probably seen or at least heard of the Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman movie called Bucket List. I don’t officially have a bucket list however every time I do something out of the ordinary I make a reference … Continue reading →