Throughout our life, we are “in the process” of one thing or another. At times we are in the process of growing up—going from a child to adolescent, teenager to adult. Other times we are in the process of going to school, serving in the military, working at a job, or getting settled. As the years accumulate one notices that so many “in the process” experiences have defined our days and provided us with a reservoir of events from which we draw upon, reflect, and savor as benchmarks of life.
Not all “in the process” episodes are pleasant or enjoyable. Each one is uniquely memorable, but the price paid, and the cost incurred is, in many cases, prohibitive in endurance, energy-draining, effort-taxing and less than rewarding. We spend so much time trying to do things we think will please other people—family, friends, co-workers, colleagues and people we don’t even know. “What will the neighbors think?” Is a phrase heard many times during one’s lifetime. Often, we set aside personal wants and desires in order to do things so others will approve. Hopes and dreams are shunted in order to fulfill perceived obligations; or assumed because of guilt or outside pressure.
Each one of us can look back and recall decisions made during times of anxiety, stress and less than relaxed conditions and think about how those incidents have affected our life. We can also review occasions when choices were made that enriched and enhanced our days beyond all expectation. Such is the process of life.
During the year important “in process” occasions are noted, celebrated, and commemorated with a variety of emotion and feeling. Solemn, prayerful, joyful or jubilant we embellish these times with banquet and bounty. Together with others or alone in one’s private reverie, the emotions engendered by their remembrance comforts the heart, sustain the spirit, and nourish the soul. Recall when little moments in life unexpectedly snuck up on you and you knew immediately they would be remembered all your days: such is the Process of life. The process of love:
Chance to Opportunity
Opportunity to Turning Point
Strangers to Acquaintance,
Acquaintance to Friends,
Friends to Relationship.
Relationship to Date
Date to Going Steady,
Going steady to Engagement
Engagement to Promises
Promises to Love
Love to Marriage.
Marriage to Togetherness,
Togetherness to Oneness.
Oneness to Soul Mate
Soul mate to Everything!
Everything! to Commitment
Commitment to Wishes
Wishes to Hopes
Hopes to Dreams
Dreams to Reality
Reality to Obligation
Obligations to Priorities
Priorities to Value
Value to Time
Time to Importance
Importance to Together
Together to Divide
Divide to Promises
Promises to Priorities
Priorities to Things
Things to Importance
Importance to Excuse
Excuse to Reason
Reason to Why
Why to Whatever!
Whatever!
Whatever!!
Whatever!! to What?
What? to the Elephant in the Room
What Room?
The room.
House to Home
Home to Family
Family to Children
Children to Adults
Adults to Apartment
Apartment to House
House to House
Full to Empty
Empty to Together
Together to Alone
Alone to Unimportance
Unimportance to Loneliness
Loneliness to Regrets
Regrets to Memories
Memories to Life
Life to Goodbye
Goodbye to Ashes
Ashes to Forever
Now is the time to drink the wine!
Now is the time to taste the sweetness!
Now is the time to enjoy the pleasures.
Now is the time to treasure the moments
Save the memories for winter days
One only does what is important to one
One only values what is valuable to one
One always lives and shares with others
One always dies alone
So
Pour the wine
Taste the Sweetness from the Vineyard
Feel the warmth of ones you love.
Savor the Nectar of Marriage
Spouse, Children, Grandchildren
Enjoy the Perfume of Love
Recall the Spring
Remember the Summer
Treasure the Bounty of Autumn
Accept the Winter
Fill each Day with Laughter
Always
There is Love
Love
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Lessons from Life's Classroom
Help Mom with the Dishes is a tapestry of triumph. It is also a journey of commitment. Most of all, Help Mom with the Dishes is about promises and love made visible. I believe we should use the gift of each day to enrich, brighten, and enhance the lives we touch with laughter and love. I hope these stories inspire you to do the same.
Help Mom with the Dishes
Lessons from Life's Classroom
What is "Help Mom With The Dishes" all about?
Help Mom with the Dishes is a tapestry of triumph. It is also a journey of commitment. Most of all, Help Mom with the Dishes is about promises and love made visible. I believe we should use the gift of each day to enrich, brighten, and enhance the lives we touch with laughter and love. I hope these stories inspire you to do the same.
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Comments about "Help Mom With the Dishes"
"Thanks so much for your wonderful book...you did a great job with a gifted talent. Again, thanks so much!"
--Warren, from Mokena, IL
"I really like your first book...it's magnificent. I've been talking your book up to people I know that have ties to the Calumet Area. My dad is now reading your book and has enjoyed every minute."
--John, from Huntington, IN
"Didn't mean to be this long--but so many thanks for that wonderful book. Tears have flowed, with many paragraphs in remembrance, reminiscence, joy, laughs--and some sorrow. Wouldn't part with that book for any reason."
--Vincent, from Sun City, AZ
"Having grown up in the fifties and sixties in Whiting/Robertsdale made reading your book Help Mom With the Dishes a wonderful trip down memory lane. You truly captured what it was like living in the Calumet Region. Thanks you for a most enjoyable book."
Kandy, from Decatur Alabama
"Why can't there be more people like you in this world? It would be a much better place. You don't know how much joy you brought to me with your book. Awesome! You are quite talented my friend. What a memory!"
--Jan, from Valrico, FL
--Warren, from Mokena, IL
"I really like your first book...it's magnificent. I've been talking your book up to people I know that have ties to the Calumet Area. My dad is now reading your book and has enjoyed every minute."
--John, from Huntington, IN
"Didn't mean to be this long--but so many thanks for that wonderful book. Tears have flowed, with many paragraphs in remembrance, reminiscence, joy, laughs--and some sorrow. Wouldn't part with that book for any reason."
--Vincent, from Sun City, AZ
"Having grown up in the fifties and sixties in Whiting/Robertsdale made reading your book Help Mom With the Dishes a wonderful trip down memory lane. You truly captured what it was like living in the Calumet Region. Thanks you for a most enjoyable book."
Kandy, from Decatur Alabama
"Why can't there be more people like you in this world? It would be a much better place. You don't know how much joy you brought to me with your book. Awesome! You are quite talented my friend. What a memory!"
--Jan, from Valrico, FL
National Exposure for HMWD!
Help Mom With the Dishes was featured in an issue of the National Education Association's NEA Today magazine! Here's what they have to say:
"In this book of essays, the author reflects on the vagaries of life in small town America. Following the seasons, the entries recall scenes of hilarity and pathos featuring people, places, and moments experienced by this teacher, parent, and newspaper columnist. Filled with episodes of change, passage, and ordinary adventure, the book shares lessons learned from observing and accepting the rhythms of life."
"In this book of essays, the author reflects on the vagaries of life in small town America. Following the seasons, the entries recall scenes of hilarity and pathos featuring people, places, and moments experienced by this teacher, parent, and newspaper columnist. Filled with episodes of change, passage, and ordinary adventure, the book shares lessons learned from observing and accepting the rhythms of life."
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