Audrey J Burton

It’s all over the news today about the condemning Tweets and comments Ellen DeGeneres has received about her friendship with former President Bush. They shared a stadium box. They shared a laugh. Oh my! How could they?! It made me think about how deep the divide runs in our country right now with people picking sides on everything. We have turned everything into a political issue. The lines are … [Read more...]

Have you ever been so very tired and not even sure why? Are you the one always looked at as the one who will take care of everything? The person who always comes through? Wouldn’t you just like someone to ask you how you are? Maybe more than once and with real concern? There are days when it just hits you. You realize that you are beyond tired. Like it takes too much effort to even say just how … [Read more...]

We have lived in our little house on the lake for just over 5 years now. It’s been a safe, quiet place all of that time. Most people didn’t lock their doors and certainly not their vehicles. We decorate for holidays with no worry that things will get damaged or vandalized. It’s not unusual for a place that hasn’t seen a problem. It was one of the appeals of living here. We felt safe even though we … [Read more...]

I think we’ve become a society that has forgotten how to play and have fun. We don’t realize how much play time is important to our growth when we are kids and we’ve forgotten how important it is for our mental, physical, and emotional well -being as adults. When was the last time you squirted someone, or were squirted yourself, with a hose while watering the plants? Played hide and go seek? … [Read more...]

This morning I needed to snail mail my sister in Connecticut. It was a copy of a news article about our great grandmother from when our grandmother was only 15 years old. As I put it into the envelope, I thought, I am not wasting this stamp on just this article. I am going to send a note with it. The note turned into a short letter. A quick, sloppy one because of the shortage of time, but still, … [Read more...]

This coming week marks the end of my fourth year (holy cow!) of blogging on my webpage. 52 weeks a year, sometimes an extra blog thrown in there, adds up to hearing a lot from and about me. 211 blogs, if you count this one. I guess I do have a lot to say! Fortunately, most people I know don’t mind me including them when I write about personal experiences. I try to respect everyone’s feelings and … [Read more...]