The Resolute Woman

Category: Joy

  • Does Buster really like me?

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    I have been feeding my neighbor’s beautiful green, yellow and red parrot while she’s gone on a trip. At first, Buster looked at me suspiciously with his small round eyes and didn’t say a thing. After a few days, when he figured out that I am the person appointed to provide him with bird food,…

  • Doing small things with love

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    My neighbor Linda has a wonderful success story. She started mentoring a boy from a poor family when he was in elementary school, continued to help him when he was in junior high and high school and watched him succeed in college. Primarily because of Linda’s urging, I volunteered to be a mentor at an…

  • With stops in Roswell, Jal and Big Spring

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    After I took the rest of my family to the Albuquerque airport for a quick trip back to Dallas, I stayed in New Mexico to take a more leisurely journey home. I stopped first in Roswell to visit Barbara, who has been a good friend since high school. We passed up the local McDonald’s, which…

  • Emma makes a good decision

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    I’m proud of my niece Emma, who  is a six-feet-tall basketball star and valedictorian of her high school class. I’m especially proud of a tough decision she just made. Emma, who wants to be a physician, applied to 11 colleges and was accepted by nine—from the University of San Francisco to the University of Connecticut.…

  • Thank you very much, mother

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    Be polite. Say please and thank you. Eat your vegetables. Drink your milk. Do your homework. We all learned many lessons from our mothers. If your mother is still alive, celebrate with her on Mother’s Day and tell her thank you for being such a good teacher.  If your mother is no longer alive, remember her…

  • Too many things to do? Take a nap.

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    Pressed by end-of-the-semester papers and finals, my son Jay, who is a junior in college, announced:  “I have too many things to do.” “Work hard. Do one thing at a time,” I told him. “And be sure to get enough sleep.” I remembered my own advice Easter weekend. After a funeral on Friday, a wedding…

  • What do you do when you lose self-control?

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    In our last blog post, I confessed that I recently lost control and ate almost a whole box of Samoas, my favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies. Did I enjoy every bite? Almost every bite. I was beginning to feel guilty before I reached for the last cookie. What do you do when you lose…

  • I am procrastinating, and it’s not okay

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    Fayteen and I have been working on our book for a long time. ( I must admit that I am embarrassed to say how long.) Finally, last year we decided that we would start a blog and then finish the book while we are doing the blog. We are blogging! But we are not finishing…

  • Ear infection, stroke or brain tumor?

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    Mary Elizabeth and I had grown increasingly concerned as we waited for the doctor, but we were relieved as we watched the doctor carefully exam Lucy. She listened to her heart, looked into her mouth and used a tiny instrument to check her ears. Then, she observed how Lucy seemed to lean her head to…

  • Thank you, Lord. It was worth it.

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    Exactly 21 years ago, on March 10, 1990, I took my daughter to Valley View Shopping Center in Dallas, Texas. I bought my bright-eyed four year old with curly locks a Happy Meal at the food court and a lovely Easter dress with a matching headband. The headband cost $14. I remember because my spunky…