Our Sunday classes have shrunk in size since the pandemic. At 9:30 on Sunday morning at the Central Church of Christ, two classes meet: an adult class and a children’s class. For now, the teens meet with the adults and have their own breakout group. Soon they will have their own class. My friend Laura … [Read more…]
When Steve and I moved to North Carolina in 1967, we were embraced by the people who worshiped in the little brown church on the edge of Boone. Forty on Sunday was a crowd, and we were blessed with several children, ages 3 to 14. During Sunday School and worship, the children sat with their … [Read more…]
Landry, age 5, enjoyed her first day in kindergarten with Mrs. Steppe (a friend with whom I taught 20 years ago.) Landry actually got to go to school in person for two hours. I think they had three 2-hour shifts. Yesterday, Landry got to learn from home—quite a different experience. She has her own little … [Read more…]
My husband does the laundry. (Yes, I know he’s a keeper!) But the laundry room is in the basement and his office is upstairs, and all those flights of stairs can sometimes be daunting. So we’ve been looking online at houses–still in the thinking stages. But telling our realtor what we want has turned out … [Read more…]
Yesterday Steve was the speaker at the afternoon session of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association. Since I pay my dues to that association every year, the executive director, Bob Wagoner, invited me, too. It was a good thing I accepted the invitation (at Steve’s insistence) because I ended up with the remote to move his … [Read more…]
What a relief! Grungy from a workout, I always fear any public appearance looking so bedraggled. Yes! I made it through the grocery store and to the car without seeing anyone I… “Mrs. Boyd? Is that you? I thought so! How are you?” I have that split second in which to respond. I have learned … [Read more…]
Letitia called before Sunday, very excited. “I have a great idea!” she said. “I’m going to write a book about the story of my life. I’ve had so many different things happen to me, and I just know it will be a great book. And lots of people will read it and maybe I’ll make … [Read more…]
So we chug along. Between her job and my scheduled activities, we have a hard time getting together. She called yesterday, very excited, to tell me her new idea. The time before last that we met I asked her to write a page on one topic that she knows a lot about—a full page. Her … [Read more…]
Recently I visited an old friend. My friendship with Enid started 43 years ago, and she is now 91, so that qualifies as an “old friend” in every sense of the word. When I joined her to teach third grade, I was uneasy about teaching such babies since I’d previously taught upper grades. She immediately set … [Read more…]
