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Deana Landers
MorningCoffeeBeans.com
I am passionate about writing stories and love to share them with readers. I am happy to share my life with my readers. ?
Deana Landers
MorningCoffeeBeans.com
One moment after I pressed the timer, it was humming away. Then suddenly, I heard a loud explosion.
The door flew open, and the plate I placed on top of the bowl flew out and shattered on the floor, followed by the clear bowl filled with eggs and water.
The sight and sound was startling, to say the least.
My husband ...
Read MoreMy daughter invited me to spend the weekend at a family cabin on the Chesapeake Bay for my birthday this year.
It was so quiet. The only sounds were our voices, birds chatting, water splashing against the bank, and wind scattering the beautiful, colorful fall leaves on the ground like puzzle pieces.
Exactly what I needed after suff...
Read MoreMy mom had dark auburn red hair and beautiful green eyes. She had 13 children, but only 11 of us lived. We lived on a farm in Juliette, Georgia. She cooked our meals, made our clothes, taught us how to care for ourselves, and loved us.
One day I was sitting alone outside digging holes in the Georgia red clay beside our house. The ...
Read MoreSometimes we are so busy rushing from one activity to another that the days slip by way too fast.
If it isn’t a physical activity, it can be our minds constantly trying to figure things out.
Maybe it’s just me, but if my mind grew muscles with all the thinking and figuring I sometimes do, I wouldn’t be able to car...
Read MoreStreams are plentiful in East Tennessee. They trickle down the mountains, run beside the shaded rural roads, and flow joyfully into the rivers. If you sit quietly in a wooded area, you can hear the water spilling over rocks that have become smooth due to the water’s consistency.
Occasionally something huge, like a rock or fallen tre...
Read MoreWhen we think of breast cancer, we think of women, but men get breast cancer too. About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States are found in men.
It is the same kind of cancer found in women. The problem is that most educational information about detecting, treating, and dealing with breast cancer is writt...
Read MoreInside the small white envelope was a little card with a bear and flowers on the front. When I opened it, a note in a child’s handwriting read, “Thank you, Mrs. Landers, for the movie tickets. We’re going to see Lizzie McGuire. I appreciate your letter. P.S. Thanks.” Signed Sami (with a flower over the I).
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Read MoreThe little girl ran from one side of the waiting room to the other, almost tripping the adult walking by. Her mother tried to stop her, but the three-year-old ran out of her reach. When she finally got back to her seat, she stood up and began jumping up and down dangerously close to the edge of the chair.
The frantic mother told the child...
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