Donna Jackson
I’m Gonna Take Real Good Care of You
Most of my early childhood memories are stored as snapshots, not video. Pasted in my mind’s photo album labeled “Three Years Old” is a picture of my mom ironing a mountain of my daddy’s shirts – heavy on the starch. Right next to it is one of my little dog and me playing on the […]
Just Singing in the Rain
Late yesterday afternoon my husband and I took a walk at the farm. We noticed as we rounded the curve that the four killdeer bird eggs we had been watching had disappeared. Instead, two little baby mini-mamas scampered for safety as we got closer. I looked again more intently at their nesting place and saw […]
S&H Green Stamps
Do you remember S&H Green Stamps? If you do, please bear with me while I explain them to the younger folks. When I was a child S&H Green Stamps were hotter in the eyes of adults than Cabbage Patch dolls and Beanie Babies combined. Businesses would hang signs in their windows declaring they proudly gave […]
No Ordinary Rock
I’m convinced what women lack in brawn, they make up for in resourcefulness. There is no better example of this than the little grey and white killdeer. Mama killdeer birds can put on quite a show in order to lure you away from their nests. They’ll squawk, pretend to be hurt, and flap their wings just so […]
Let’s Play
I’m not a fan of email forwards, so my mom has learned to send me only the best of the best. She sent one yesterday I can’t get out of my head. It told of a woman who was conducting a stress management class. During her talk she held up a glass of water. Those […]
What If?
First days of school traditionally begin with a litany of rules and expectations. “Do this.” “Don’t do that.” “If there’s severe weather, follow me and we’ll hide here.” “If there’s a fire, follow me and we’ll get out.” Students are told, “no matter what unusual situation pops up, look at the teacher, be quiet and […]
I’m in Time-out
I’m blaming it on the makers of mascara. If only they could have figured out how to add some steel reinforcement to their formula I would not be in this time-out. I have spent the last year trying every kind of mascara made and none of them proved strong enough to hold up my eyelids. […]
That’s What Friends Are For
One of my greatest blessings is my close circle of girlfriends who make me laugh, let me cry, work alongside me, encourage me to be a better person, accept my help and hold my hand when I struggle. I have had no greater reminder of how important friends are to me than when my friend, […]
Unleashing the Love of God
As I sat at my computer pondering how to begin a chapter of my book on dietary and spiritual supplements, I asked the Holy Spirit for help and He came through with flying colors. He reminded me of the tremendous support my cousin, Dena, and her family received after her daughter, Hannah’s, tragic car wreck. […]
