SheilaScribbles

I am sure I am one of thousands who haven taken to their keyboards today after hearing the news of the death of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in one day. I admit Farrah’s death does not have quite the same impact, we all knew hers was coming because of the cancer she was battling. …

Looking down at her face my emotions were in turmoil. The woman who had given me life 47 years ago now lay before me. On Friday she had been alive in the hospital. Late that night though, she had taken a sudden nose dive she could not pull out of. Now I stood there on …

So a few years ago I started playing around with writing. It started with a letter to the editor of school budgets (which landed me a coffee date with then NC State Senator Kay Hagan – who went on to be come a US Senator), then a letter about the lottery, then an op ed …

Well, today is the day. I called my father to see how he was doing – as usual he is great. He was sitting in his chair listening to a book on tape (he has macular dengeration) and enjoying the day. He’s had a good week – went to “campmeeting” and enjoyed himself. In talking …