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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 MoreIt's beginning to look like a more typical holiday season this year. Of course, we did not spend Thanksgiving with our children and grandchildren last year like everyone else.
Missing an almost entire year of holidays with our family has made me rethink how I want to cherish every moment I have with them in the future.
Let me expla...
Read MoreI didn't notice the big black and brown cat perched on the other side of the fence peering into our backyard. I was busy watching the gray and white mocking bird with a long black tail dipping its beak into the cool water inside the birdbath.
It is a sight I can see most at any time of the day because our yard is usually filled w...
Read MoreMy niece called me recently and said, “Hey, I want to make a new year’s resolution.” “Ok, I said. And you want to share it with me?”
“Yes, she said. I want us to call each other more.” I reminded her that we text often. “I know, she said, but I need to hear your voice.”
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Read MoreThey were married for 61 years. He told us about their life together. He said he had to wait till he turned 18 before they could be married, but they had been together ever since, except for the 33 months he spent overseas during World War II.
There was another time when he had to take a job away from home, but he always came home on the ...
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