On Thursday mornings, I try to send an e-mail where I write about what I am personally reading in my own life that week. I then look to add a Latin phrase relating to the topic of my reading.

I write so that we can all have the opportunity to read what will help us find beauty in life. Beauty in details. Realizing how much we have regardless of what pains we may have.

At the beginning of many notes I start out sharing that my angel is at my front door, bringing her gift of a jewel of another day. This began with a poem I shared in 2001, Angel of Dawn, where an angel brings a priceless jewel as a gift each morning. Now you can read where that originally came from and why it has entered so many notes ever since.

If you would like to get any writings sent to your e-mail you can send me a note at bottom of this page. I’ll keep looking for writings worthy of us reading often. Words that will show us how to continually look for the gifts that surround us – finding beauty in our lives regardless of what hurts. Thank you for letting me enter your world. I hope you find writings from a book excerpt below that holds a paragraph with a sentence with a thought that may change your life! Susan

Susan’s latest Thursday morning note
October 15, 2026
Poems collected in 1941 & read during World War 2

Susan’s “Thursday Morning Notes” – 2016 – 2026

Appreciation & Gratitude

• Agatha Christie’s Memories. Thoughts on her life being part of an unknown play. Quotes on memory and soul. (April 2017)
• Alice Herz Sommer – World’s Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor (September 2020)
• Angel of Dawn poem by J.S. Cutler (New day bringing new gift) (June 2011)
• Anniversary of Mother’s Death. “It’s Okay.” Poem to Unborn Child. Beauty despite hurts. (Jan. 2017)
• Appreciate Beauty Near Us. Children seeing beauty. Violinist Joshua Bell playing secretly in the Washington D.C. Subway (May 2021)
• Awareness. Noticing. Eulogy for each day of life. “Desert Wisdom by Nouwen” (January 2022)
• Beauty in Details. Finding God. Finding meaning in life. “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp (April 2012)
• Beauty in the moment. In gardens. In what is NOW. Creation. This moment. (June 2008)
• Beauty of Life and Finding God – Etty Hillesum/WWII Journal of 29 year old in concentration camp) (Mar 2009)
• Bess Streeter Aldrich Excerpts – The years glide by… (October 2015).
• Desires for self and those we love. Beauty of a moment. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. (Oct. 2006)
• Do Good and Disappear (February 2026)
• Fully living regardless of losses Keeping eternal perspective. “The Delaney Sisters” 104 & 107 Years Old (Sept 2026)
• Giving entire life to others “Babette’s Feast” was gift to self. Being a great “artist”. “Ah, how you will enchant the angels!” by Isak Dinesen (August 2017)
• Happiness/Grief same time. Beauty that Hasn’t Yet Been Created “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss (June 2009)
• Helen Keller short essay on what she would do if given the gift of three days of sight and hearing. (Jan. 2016)
• Helen Keller’s writing on her teacher’s beauty.  Fear of life after teacher’s death. Gift of senses. (Sept. 2018)
• Inspirational Quotes from Centuries Ago to Present (November 2017)
• Life is Beautiful – Regardless of Circumstances – Etty Hillesum WW2 Letters 1941-1943 (Feb 2009)
• Lifetime Learning “Niels Lyhne” by Jens Jacobsen and Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” (Dec. 2008)
• Love – Helen Keller learning the meaning. Poem by Susan on love described (Feb. 2008)
• Morning Prayer. Trust. Hope. Responsibility to Life. Love. (May 2024)
• Music Love. Friendships. Character. Gifts from love of music. “Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart (Oct. 2008)
• Poem on little bird living in our soul. Poem on what feeds our soul, keeping our souls alive. (November 2024)
• Poems compiled in 1941 & read during WW2 (October 2026)
• Poetry from One Thousand Inspirational Things ~ compiled 1800’s (July 2019)
• Quotes on Appreciating TODAY “The Traveler” always traveling to find happiness by Daren Simkin (July 2024)
• Rabindranath Tagore Quotes on beauty of life. Keeping eternal perspective. (September 2022)
• Room where thoughts from morning await reentry in the evening. Quotes on soul. “Song of the Lark” by Willa Cather (July 2019)
• Seeing Possibilities in Future. Time bringing healing. “Chez Moi” by Agnes Desarthe (Aug. 2009)
• Simplicity and Love for Books “Simple Abundance” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (Jan. 2009)
• Simplicity. Beauty in details. The Way of the Small by Michael Gellert (May 2009)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)
• Suffering, Fear of future, Ability to relate to others, Joy in spite of pain. “The Master’s Violin” by Reed & “Anne’s House of Dreams” by Montgomery (Jan. 2011)
• The Art of Happiness by William Ogden NYT Column 1945 & Michel Michel by Robert Lewis WW2 (April 2013)
• Thoughts of a little waif child. Michael O’Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter. (April 2010)
• Time. Precious. Beautiful Moments. Taking Time to Appreciate Life in the Present (Apr. 2007)

Bearing Gracefully Pain & Hardship

• “Liberty” poem by Paul Eluard dropped over occupied France during WW2 (March 2015)
• Accepting Pain & Hardship – Love of Graveyards by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Apr 2010)
• Bearing Gracefully Pain & Hardship. Butterfly bringing hope. (August 2006)
• Candlelight giving just enough light for our next step. (December 2019)
• Complexity of Mother/Daughter Relationship. Death of Mother. “Birthday Parties in Heaven” by Ana Veciana-Suarez (May 2006)
• Coping with intense pain – “Mistaken Identity” by Don & Susie Van Ryn (June 2008)
• Desires for self and those we love. Beauty of a moment. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. (Oct. 2006)
• Despair vs. Hope – Streams in the Desert by HC Cowman (March 2020)
• Diaries and Letters of Anne Lindbergh – Goodbyes. Soul. Strength. Prayer. Grief (July 2008 & Aug 2011)
• Difficult Times – Bad Luck Good Luck Fable (October 2026)
• Difficult Times – Verses of Promises from God (Jan. 2007)
• Disappointment in Life. Hurts. Despair “As Silver Refined” by Kay Arthur (December 2008)
• Dreaming. Keeping alive regardless of circumstances. Keeping LIFE. “A Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Easy Life vs. Hard Life: Pursuing Happiness Regardless “Villette” by Charlotte Bronte (July 2009)
• Faith. Trusting God for what we don’t understand & what we desire. “Streams in the Desert” (June 2009)
• Finding meaning in our lives regardless of circumstances. (Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.) October 2022
• Getting Through Extremely Difficult Experiences. “Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance” by Joseph Marshall (May 2020)
• Giving entire life to others “Babette’s Feast” was gift to self. Being a great “artist”. “Ah, how you will enchant the angels!” by Isak Dinesen (August 2017)
• God’s Involvement in Pain, Grief, Despair “Gold by Moonlight” by Amy Carmichael (Jan. 2009)
• Heaven. Susan’s thoughts on anniversary of mother’s death. (Jan. 2007)
• Hold Fast Your Dreams poem by Louise Driscoll. Dreaming amidst suffering. (May 2013)
• I can’t go on.  I go on.  When Breath Becomes Air by Surgeon Paul Kalanithi. (October 2019)
• Intense Pain in Life – Forrest Gump Analogy & On My Knees Song (Nov. 2006)
• Life Changes and Letting Go “When the Heart Waits” by Sue Monk Kidd (Sept. 2008)
• Life is Beautiful – Regardless of Circumstances – Etty Hillesum WW2 Letters 1941-1943 (Feb 2009)
• Lifetime Learning “Niels Lyhne” by Jens Jacobsen and Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” (Dec. 2008)
• Loneliness & Despair. Search for meaningful life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Poem on a Beautiful Woman and Chinese Tale of Joy/Sorrow by Eleanor Farjeon (January 2013)
• Prayer. Heaven. Goodness. Forgiveness. “The Lamplighter” by Maria Cummins (September 2024)
• Quotes on Hope – Spring & Easter (April 2022)
• Refusing to be “poor in spirit” – “Lucy Gayheart” by Willa Cather (Aug. 2014)
• Regrets in life. Forgiving yourself. “For One More Day” by Mitch Alborn (Oct. 2006)
• Regrets. Moving on. Forgiving Self. Sadness. Change. (Nov. 2008)
• Rose Analogy. Beauty of old rose bushes vs. buds. Hard life giving beauty. “Finding Noel” by Richard Paul Evans (Feb. 2007)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)
• Suffering, Fear of future, Ability to relate to others, Joy in spite of pain. “The Master’s Violin” by Reed & “Anne’s House of Dreams” by Montgomery (Jan. 2011)
• The Art of Happiness by William Ogden NYT Column 1945 & Michel Michel by Robert Lewis WW2 (April 2013)
• Time Passing so Quickly “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Uncertainty. Difficult Times “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers (Mar. 2007)

Books (Love of Books & Reading)

• Bibliophilia & Bibliomania – The love of books vs. the excessive-compulsive disorder hoarding books (May 2008)
• Book Effects on our lives “Library at Night” by Alberto Manguel – (March 2023)
• Book Quotes from “Book Notes: A Reader’s Journal” (April 2009)
• Book Talking to Owner from Confinement on Shelf “A Book” poem by Edgar Guest (February 2024)
• Children’s Poetry “Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems. Songs. Lullabies.” (Dec 2009)
• Develop a Love for Classics “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy (June 2007)
• Importance of the written word. “A Book Lover’s Companion” by The Folio Society (May 2008)
• Learning to Read poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Dec. 2010)
• Letters of Florence Nightingale – Her desire for intellectual growth (July 2022)
• Loneliness & Despair. Search for meaningful life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
• Love of Books & Book Quotes “The Master Violin” by Myrtle Reed (Jan. 2011)
• Love of Reading “White Autumn” Poem of Woman’s Life Around a Simple Reading Lamp (Sept. 2023)
• Love of reading and books. “I Opened a Book” by Julia Donaldson (Oct 2014)
• Personal libraries being mirrors of soul. (Book by Book by John Dirda) (March 2008)
• Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Essay on Choosing Great Books (Nov. 2013)
• Quotes on Books – “Book Notes Journal” (May 2008)
• Simplicity and Love for Books “Simple Abundance” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (Jan. 2009)
• Susan’s writing on her personal reading. “Why I read. How I choose what I read. How I find time to read.” (Feb. 2008)
• Why Read & Learn? Cultivating the Intellect “Hubbard’s Book of Initiative” (Aug. 2009)

Children

• “The Children’s Hour” poem by Longfellow. Playing with children during long afternoon hours (June 2010)
• “We are Seven” Child’s View of of siblings buried by William Wordsworth from 1798 (Jan. 2024)
• Children being our living poems – by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (May 2015)
• Children Suffering. “Perfectly Imperfect” by Lee Woodruff and “Always Looking Up” by Michael J. Fox. (May 2009)
• Children’s Poetry “Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems. Songs. Lullabies.” (Dec 2009)
• Christmas. Bess Streeter Aldrich. Keeping beauty in perspective regardless of present circumstances. (Dec. 2020)
• Conversation between mother and child. “That’s all relative!” “Maggie Now Betty Smith (March 2012)
• Creation. Butterfly & Child (July 2006) Nature helping fight sadness. “Achieving Peace of Heart” by Rev. Irala. (Apr. 2008)
• Daughter graduating. “High School Senior” poem from Mother’s perspective by Sharon Olds from “She Walks In Beauty” poetry compiled by Caroline Kennedy. (Apr. 2011)
• Greatest Treasures in Life (each other) White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich (August 2024)
• Heaven – Mother meets her child in heaven that had died (Eugene Field) & “Just in Case You Ever Wonder” by Max Lucado (Dec. 2009)
• Leaving children small notes for their future comfort. Question of God’s involvement in crisis. (Sept. 2006)
• Letting Children Develop Their Own Loves, Desires – Letting Them Go. “The Little Virtues” by Natalia Ginzburt (Jan. 2008)
• Little hands of our children…”playing on the vibrant harp-strings of my heart” “Baby Fingers” poem. (Aug. 2009)
• Little ones wanting to be grown. Grown-ups desiring youth. One-Year-Old Poem by Hugo (April 2016)
• Love of mother for her children. Death of young child. Thoughts on heaven. Anniversary of death of loved ones. “Stepping Heavenward” by Elizabeth Prentiss (Mar. 2008)
• Mother’s Impact on Son. “That’s My Son: How Moms Can Influence Boys to Become Men of Character” by Rick Johnson (Sept. 2010)
• Mothers and Sons. “That’s My Son: How Moms Can Influence Boys…” by Rick Johnson and excerpt of children’s fear of dark (Sept. 2010)
• Music bestowed to a child at birth.  “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Alborn (January 2023)
• Poems from Susan’s Childhood (Jan. 2008)
• Poems on raising children, singing to children, letting children leave home (March 2014)
• Quotes on Children – Appreciation of Life & Christmas (Dec 2011)
• Raising Children “Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood…” by MaryBeth Hicks (May 2009)
• The Arms of a Child. Poem by Mary Zachmeyer (love this!) – (Jan. 2008)
• Thoughts for each other during the day. “Telepathy” poem by Michael Dennis Browne. (Jan. 2010)
• Thoughts on understanding children. “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries…” by Erma Bombeck (June 2012)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Helen Keller’s encouragement to use our senses. Star Quotes. (October 2025)

Christmas

• Candlelight giving just enough light for our next step. (December 2019)
• Christmas – Reflections on use of all our senses. “The Christmas Box Collection” by Richard Paul Evans. (Dec. 2006)
• Christmas during difficult times. “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2024)
• Christmas” by Vladimir Navokov (1925) Miracle moment after death of a small child at Christmas. (December 2015)
• Imagination Quotes. “Is there a Santa Claus?” NY Editorial 1897 (Dec 2015)
• Intangible gifts from a friend of joy. Courage. Peace. Heaven. Fra Giovanni 1433-1515 (March 2017)
• Quotes on Angels and “Papa Panov’s Special Christmas” (Dec. 2023)
• Shepherd verses. Thoughts. Poetry. (December 2016)
• The Blessing of the Creche by Sue Monk Kidd. Beautiful Christmas quotes. (December 2017)
• Tradition of spider ornament in Christmas trees. Tinsel. (Dec. 2017)

Despair

• “Liberty” poem by Paul Eluard dropped over occupied France during WW2 (March 2015)
• Candlelight giving just enough light for our next step. (December 2019)
• Despair vs. Hope – Streams in the Desert by HC Cowman (March 2020)
• Difficult Times – Verses of Promises from God (Jan. 2007)
• Disappointment in Life. Hurts. Despair “As Silver Refined” by Kay Arthur (December 2008)
• Dreaming. Keeping alive regardless of circumstances. Keeping LIFE. “A Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Getting Through Extremely Difficult Experiences. “Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance” by Joseph Marshall (May 2020)
• God’s Involvement in Caring for Us. “Jesus Calling” Devotional by Sarah Young (Mar 2010)
• I can’t go on.  I go on.  When Breath Becomes Air by Surgeon Paul Kalanithi. (October 2019)
• Loneliness & Despair. Search for meaningful life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Music Analogy. Hard moments in life compared to musical composition. Richard Paul Evans Christmas Box Collection. (Nov. 2006)
• Pain. Grief. Hardship. “Always Looking Up” by Michael J. Fox and “Perfectly Imperfect” by Lee Woodruff (May 2009)
• Psalms. God’s deep love for us. God using nighttime hours to give us peace. (May 2007)
• Quotes on Hope – Spring & Easter (April 2022)
• Regrets. Moving on. Forgiving Self. Sadness. Change. (Nov. 2008)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)

Friendship

• Friendship – Anne Morrow Lindbergh & Charlotte Bronte (July 2009)
• Friendship Quotes.  Friendships compared to cells in honey combs. (April 2018)
• Friendships. Girlfriends. “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” by Anne Quindlen. (June 2012)
• Friendships. Vulnerability in Relationships. “Braveheart” by Sharon Hersh (May 2008)
• Giving entire life to others “Babette’s Feast” was gift to self. Being a great “artist”. “Ah, how you will enchant the angels!” by Isak Dinesen (August 2017)
• Greatest Treasures in Life (each other) White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich (August 2024)
• Intangible gifts from a friend of joy. Courage. Peace. Heaven. Fra Giovanni 1433-1515 (March 2017)
• Poetry from One Thousand Inspirational Things ~ compiled 1800’s (July 2019)
• Quotes and poetry on silence. Being present in friendships. (Nov 2014)
• Winnie the Pooh Quotes by A.A. Milne (June 2015)

Goals

• Attitude (Mental Attitude by Elbert Hubbard) (October 2019)
• Being Real (Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner) (May 2007)
• Being Yourself (Babette’s Feast in Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen) (March 2008)
• Coexisting with Unresolved & Embracing Imperfection “Creating a Charmed Life” by Victoria Moran (Mar. 2007 & 2011)
• Desire for solitude. Creativity. Prayer. “Firstlight” by Sue Monk Kidd (Aug. 2008)
• Hold Fast Your Dreams. Famous Graduation Commencement Speeches (May 2015)
• Living Life Fully (Anne Lindberg Diaries) (June 2007)
• Living life fully regardless of circumstances. Impact of poetry on lives. “The Lesson of the Moth” poem by Don Marquis (July 2008)
• Living Remarkably–Daily Choices (The Big Moo by Seth Godin) (October 2008)
• Nature calming restless spirit. Pursuit of stillness. “The Years” by Virginia Woolf (Mar. 2007)
• Perseverance Quotes (Jan. 2011)
• Perseverence Quotes. The Water Lily by Jean Ingelow (May 2016)
• Personal libraries being mirrors of soul. (Book by Book by John Dirda) (March 2008)
• Priority Setting. Goals “Never Check E-Mail in the Mornings” by Julie Morgenstern (Aug. 2009)
• Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. Inspiring Quotes. Love of Words (April 2012)
• Setting goals through Discipline. Perseverance. Ideals. “Self-Help” by Samuel Smiles – written in 1866 (Sept. 2009)
• Setting Goals. Evaluating Things to Do by Priority “Eat That Frog” by Brian Tracy (April 2008)
• Setting intellectual goals. Education quotes. Tales from a Village School by Miss Read (Aug 2012)
• Vision of discussion on distraction with Plato and Aurelius. “The Undistracted” by Irwin Edman. (March 2020)

Grief, Pain, Difficult Life

• “We are Seven” Child’s View of of siblings buried by William Wordsworth from 1798 (Jan. 2024)
• Anne Lindbergh “War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters 1939-1944” Beauty. pain. grief. hope. awareness. solitude. time…(2008. 2010. 2011)
• Anniversary of Mother’s Death. “It’s Okay.” Poem to Unborn Child. Beauty despite hurts. (Jan. 2017)
• Auschwitz Liberation. Holocaust Writings. Elie Wiesel Prayer. Maximilian Kolbe Priest and Martyr. Etty Hillesum prisoner journal entries. Presence of God in the midst of suffering. (May 2022)
• Candlelight giving just enough light for our next step. (December 2019)
• Choices We Make after Loss “Grace Disguised” by Sittser (Aug. 2009)
• Comfort in Grief – “Streams in the Desert” (June 2006 – July 2009)
• Complexity of Mother/Daughter Relationship. Death of Mother. “Birthday Parties in Heaven” by Ana Veciana-Suarez (May 2006)
• Coping with intense pain – “Mistaken Identity” by Don & Susie Van Ryn (June 2008)
• Death of infant at birth. Discussion of death with husband. Grief. “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Death of oldest settler in a rural community. White Bird Flying. (Nov 2015)
• Death of who we deeply love. “Letters to Father: Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo 1623-1633” (July 2008)
• Death of young daughter…who mother became…feeling alive again. “Hannah’s Gift” by Maria Housden (Sept. 2008)
• Despair vs. Hope – Streams in the Desert by HC Cowman (March 2020)
• Difficult Times – Verses of Promises from God (Jan. 2007)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry – “Everywhere I look you are – but you’re nowhere…” poem on death of her loved one. (Mar. 2009)
• Families gathering at the graveyard followed by poem on child telling of her siblings buried and visiting them at the graveyard (May 2021)
• Finding beauty and God in life even in horrible circumstances. Journals of Etty Hillesum. Concentration Camp Victim. (Apr. 2009)
• Finding beauty during times of grief. (Rumer Godden) Description of comfort in graveyard. (Oct. 2019)
• Fully living regardless of losses Keeping eternal perspective. “The Delaney Sisters” 104 & 107 Years Old (Sept 2026)
• Giving God our burdens. “Lean Hard” poem. (Nov. 2007)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness Hymn. Quotes on Mercy (July 2010)
• Happiness/Grief same time. Beauty that Hasn’t Yet Been Created “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss (June 2009)
• Heaven – Mother meets her child in heaven that had died (Eugene Field) & “Just in Case You Ever Wonder” by Max Lucado (Dec. 2009)
• Heaven. Susan’s thoughts on anniversary of mother’s death. (Jan. 2007)
• I can’t go on.  I go on.  When Breath Becomes Air by Surgeon Paul Kalanithi. (October 2019)
• Intense Pain in Life – Forrest Gump Analogy & On My Knees Song (Nov. 2006)
• Little moments we remember after someone we love dies. “She Walks in Beauty” poems compiled by Caroline Kennedy. “Clearances” by Seamus Heaney. (October 2012)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Mark Twain – Epitaph on Daughter’s Stone and Misc. Twain Quotes (Sept. 2015)
• Memories – The Master’s Violin by Myrtle Reed (Jan. & Feb. 2011)
• Misc. Excerpts from Susan’s Writings (Death. Grief. Sorrow. Depression)
• Mourning compared to phases of moon. Poem by Robert Lavery in “Love Lost: Love Found.” (October 2007)
• Moving from intense grief into next “movement of our song” – next part of life story. “The Secret Garden” by Frances Burnett (Feb. 2008)
• Pain from death of our mothers. Letters from Motherless Daughters edited by Hope Edelman
• Pain of loss because we love. “Necessary Losses” by Judith Viorst. Poem “The Arms of a Child” (Jan. 2008)
• Pain. Grief. Hardship. “Always Looking Up” by Michael J. Fox and “Perfectly Imperfect” by Lee Woodruff (May 2009)
• Poem on a Beautiful Woman and Chinese Tale of Joy/Sorrow by Eleanor Farjeon (January 2013)
• Solitude in Finding Balance (in Roles as a Woman) “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Lindbergh (June 2007)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)
• Suffering, Fear of future, Ability to relate to others, Joy in spite of pain. “The Master’s Violin” by Reed & “Anne’s House of Dreams” by Montgomery (Jan. 2011)
• Thoughts immediately after death of someone loved. Where do their thoughts go? Settling in Nebraska. “No Time on My Hands” by Grace Snyder (April 2017)
• Thoughts on the soul and eternal perspective when suffering. Poem from confederate soldier “Unanswered Prayer” (November 2019)

Home and Family

• Beauty in Details. Finding God. Finding meaning in life. “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp (April 2012)
• Death of oldest settler in a rural community. White Bird Flying. (Nov 2015)
• Description of a Beautiful Person “Neighbor Rosicky” by Willa Cather (Feb. 2007)
• Description of a true home. “A Heap O’Living” Poem by Edgar A. Guest (May 2008)
• Elderly friend who loved us as a child dying. Passage of time. “Local Wonders by Ted Kooser” (May 2013 & Mar 2007)
• Faces. Thoughts and quotes on interest in our faces. (August 2019)
• Greatest Treasures in Life (each other) White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich (August 2024)
• Heirlooms.  Memories baked into pans.  Keepsakes. (August 2023)
• Home full of “knick knack” treasures misunderstood by others to be junk.  (Oct. 2017)
• Home. Quotes and thoughts on this beautiful small word. (Feb. 2014)
• Music Love. Friendships. Character. Gifts from love of music. “Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart (Oct. 2008)
• Poem on mother letting go of season of daughter being young girl. Daughter’s change into young woman. “The Blossom” by Eayan Boland (Dec. 2008)
• Quotes and Passages on Hands (Helen Keller and Willa Cather Excerpts) (July 2021)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)
• Susan’s Love & Secret Hoarding of Girl Scout Mint Cookies (Mar. 2007)
• Susan’s Personal Organizational Issues (grin) (May 2007)
• Thoughts immediately after death of someone loved. Where do their thoughts go? Settling in Nebraska. “No Time on My Hands” by Grace Snyder (April 2017)

Mothers

• A Mother’s Song by Hester Suthers. Poem to unborn child on beauty of life even amidst pain. (June 2013)
• Anniversary of Mother’s Death. “It’s Okay.” Poem to Unborn Child. Beauty despite hurts. (Jan. 2017)
• Being Yourself. Rope Analogy. Especially as a Mother. Wife. Creator. Thoughts of Anne Lindbergh (Jan. 2008)
• Complexity of Mother/Daughter Relationship. Death of Mother. “Birthday Parties in Heaven” by Ana Veciana-Suarez (May 2006)
• Daughter graduating. “High School Senior” poem from Mother’s perspective by Sharon Olds from “She Walks In Beauty” poetry compiled by Caroline Kennedy. (Apr. 2011)
• Description by John Steinbeck on “ma” and poem on Mother Nature in spring.
• Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry – “Everywhere I look you are – but you’re nowhere…” poem on death of her loved one. (Mar. 2009)
• Greatest Treasures in Life (each other) White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich (August 2024)
• Heaven – Mother meets her child in heaven that had died (Eugene Field) & “Just in Case You Ever Wonder” by Max Lucado (Dec. 2009)
• Missing mother’s love as an adult woman. “Rock Me to Sleep” poem by Elizabeth Akers Allen (May 2013)
• Mother’s Impact on Son. “That’s My Son: How Moms Can Influence Boys to Become Men of Character” by Rick Johnson (Sept. 2010)
• Mother’s Time with Child & Quotes on Children (March 2011)
• Motherhood. Thoughts after being thought of as “narrow” because a mother. “A Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Mothers “Invisible Women” – Analogy of working with children to building a cathedral. Lifetime investment of time. (Sept. 2007)
• Mothers with daughters entering Adulthood “Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story” by Sue Monk Kidd (Sept. 2010)
• Mothers. Entering Scenes of Past with Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother by Bess Streeter Aldrich (May 2025)
• Pain from death of our mothers. Letters from Motherless Daughters edited by Hope Edelman
• Poem on mother letting go of season of daughter being young girl. Daughter’s change into young woman. “The Blossom” by Eayan Boland (Dec. 2008)
• Poetry from One Thousand Inspirational Things ~ compiled 1800’s (July 2019)

Music

• Birds Singing in Winter. Quotes and Poetry on our Little Friends (January 2025)
• Children’s Poetry “Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems. Songs. Lullabies.” (Dec 2009)
• Creation “Singing a place back into existence” Love of nature. “The Olive Farm” by Carol Drinkwater (Oct. 2024)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness Hymn. Quotes on Mercy (July 2010)
• Love of birds. Quotes, Hymns, Poems on Birds. (June 2022)
• Music Analogy. Hard moments in life compared to musical composition. Richard Paul Evans Christmas Box Collection. (Nov. 2006)
• Music bestowed to a child at birth.  “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Alborn (January 2023)
• Music Love. Friendships. Character. Gifts from love of music. “Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart (Oct. 2008)
• Music Poetry and Quotes. Music feeding our souls. (September 2026)
• Music.  Beautiful quotes and poetry. (July 2022)
• Poems on raising children, singing to children, letting children leave home (March 2014)
• Songs Prayers Poems from “Saying Grace: Blessings for the Family Table” (February 2015)

Nature

• “Dear March” by Emily Dickinson.  Poem on Wind. (March 2011)
• A Night Prayer by Erasmus (1469-1536). Nighttime Psalms. Celtic Night Prayer (April 2023)
• Bearing Gracefully Pain & Hardship. Butterfly bringing hope. (August 2006)
• Beautiful poems for springtime. Rain. Heaven. Dreams. Beauty. (April 2014)
• Beautiful Unstoppable Moments in Creation and Life. (June 2008)
• Beauty of springtime. Teacher’s thoughts on unable to help students entirely. Pursuing excellence. “Nearby” by Elizabeth Yates. (January 2015)
• Birds Singing in Winter. Quotes and Poetry on our Little Friends (January 2025)
• Creation “Singing a place back into existence” Love of nature. “The Olive Farm” by Carol Drinkwater (Oct. 2024)
• Creation worshipping God. “The Diver” short story in “Anecdotes of Destiny” by Isak Dinesen (March 2008)
• Creation. Butterfly & Child (July 2006) Nature helping fight sadness. “Achieving Peace of Heart” by Rev. Irala. (Apr. 2008)
• Daisy Quotations & Poetry (June 2024)
• Description of birds greeting the day in Rwanda. Bird quotes. (June 2014)
• Fairy Poetry by Rose Fyleman and Quotes on Fairies (January 2016)
• Famous quotes and poetry on flowers & their roles in our lives (April 2024)
• Finding hope after pain through nature. The Secret Garden. (May 2019)
• Gardening Quotes and involvement in nature. (June 2020)
• Love of birds. Quotes, Hymns, Poems on Birds. (June 2022)
• Loveliness Poetry and Quotes. Nature’s loveliness. (July 2026)
• Loyalty of Family Dog “Rilla of Ingleside” by L.M. Montgomery (May 2007)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Morning light. Spring Flowers & Rain. Spring Quotes. Grief. (May 2025)
• Mourning compared to phases of moon. Poem by Robert Lavery in “Love Lost: Love Found.” (October 2007)
• Music bestowed to a child at birth.  “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Alborn (January 2023)
• Music Poetry and Quotes. Music feeding our souls. (September 2026)
• Nature calming restless spirit. Pursuit of stillness. “The Years” by Virginia Woolf (Mar. 2007)
• Poems on Winter. Early Darkness & Cat in the Evening Snow. (Jan. 2009)
• Quotes by Persian poet Hafez(1310-1390) “A singing bird will come…” Misc. quotes on faith (August 2026)
• Sioux Warrior Poem. Thoughts on warriors. (April 2020)
• St. Francis of Assisi song at the end of his life & St. Francis de Sales Prayer and Quotes (Nov 2022)
• Stars. Beautiful Poetry and Famous Quotes. (Dec. 2015)
• Strength from Shadows and Gift of White Flower Buds (August 2022)
• Tom Sawyer observing Nature awakening. Promise of dawn. (February 2022)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Helen Keller’s encouragement to use our senses. Star Quotes. (October 2025)
• Waiting for cactus to blossom.  Anticipation.  Astonishment.  God compared to a cactus. (February 2018)
• Willa Cather quote on the moon. Quotes on the moon. (October 2023)
• Winter “In All It’s Fury: The Great Blizzard 1888″ by W.H. O’Gara (January 2023)
• Winter and Freezing Quotes (January 2024)

Poetry

• “Dear March” by Emily Dickinson.  Poem on Wind. (March 2011)
• “Liberty” poem by Paul Eluard dropped over occupied France during WW2 (March 2015)
• “My Daily Prayer” Poem with various quotes on kindness (June 2023)
• “The Children’s Hour” poem by Longfellow. Playing with children during long afternoon hours (June 2010)
• “We are Seven” Child’s View of of siblings buried by William Wordsworth from 1798 (Jan. 2024)
• A Mother’s Song by Hester Suthers. Poem to unborn child on beauty of life even amidst pain. (June 2013)
• Age Activation Attention Disorder (fun poem on distractions in a day – grin!) (Aug. 2006)
• Analysis of Baseball Poem. Garrison Keillor’s “Good Poems: Selected & Introduced by Garrison Keillor” (July 2008)
• Angel of Dawn poem by J.S. Cutler (New day bringing new gift) (June 2011)
• Angels ~ Thoughts. Poems. Quotes on angels. March 2025
• Anniversary of Mother’s Death. “It’s Okay.” Poem to Unborn Child. Beauty despite hurts. (Jan. 2017)
• Beautiful poems for springtime. Rain. Heaven. Dreams. Beauty. (April 2014)
• Beauty of springtime. Teacher’s thoughts on unable to help students entirely. Pursuing excellence. “Nearby” by Elizabeth Yates. (January 2015)
• Birds Singing in Winter. Quotes and Poetry on our Little Friends (January 2025)
• Book Talking to Owner from Confinement on Shelf “A Book” poem by Edgar Guest (February 2024)
• Children being our living poems – by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (May 2015)
• Children’s Poetry “Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems. Songs. Lullabies.” (Dec 2009)
• Daisy Quotations & Poetry (June 2024)
• Daughter graduating. “High School Senior” poem from Mother’s perspective by Sharon Olds from “She Walks In Beauty” poetry compiled by Caroline Kennedy. (Apr. 2011)
• Description by John Steinbeck on “ma” and poem on Mother Nature in spring.
• Description of a true home. “A Heap O’Living” Poem by Edgar A. Guest (May 2008)
• Difficult Times – Bad Luck Good Luck Fable (October 2026)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry – “Everywhere I look you are – but you’re nowhere…” poem on death of her loved one. (Mar. 2009)
• Eternal Perspective. Madam Guyon (1648-1717) quotes and poetry. (Nov. 2014)
• Famous quotes and poetry on flowers & their roles in our lives (April 2024)
• Giving God our burdens. “Lean Hard” poem. (Nov. 2007)
• Hold Fast Your Dreams poem by Louise Driscoll. Dreaming amidst suffering. (May 2013)
• If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking. Poetry of Emily Dickinson (Aug. 2007)
• Learning to Read poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Dec. 2010)
• Lifetime Learning “Niels Lyhne” by Jens Jacobsen and Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” (Dec. 2008)
• Little hands of our children…”playing on the vibrant harp-strings of my heart” “Baby Fingers” poem. (Aug. 2009)
• Little moments we remember after someone we love dies. “She Walks in Beauty” poems compiled by Caroline Kennedy. “Clearances” by Seamus Heaney. (October 2012)
• Little ones wanting to be grown. Grown-ups desiring youth. One-Year-Old Poem by Hugo (April 2016)
• Living Fully as an Older Woman “Warning: When I am Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple” by Jenny Joseph (April 2009)
• Living life fully regardless of circumstances. Impact of poetry on lives. “The Lesson of the Moth” poem by Don Marquis (July 2008)
• Looking at ourselves in mirror. Analyzing self. “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (August 2021)
• Love – Helen Keller learning the meaning. Poem by Susan on love described (Feb. 2008)
• Love of birds. Quotes, Hymns, Poems on Birds. (June 2022)
• Love of Reading “White Autumn” Poem of Woman’s Life Around a Simple Reading Lamp (Sept. 2023)
• Love of reading and books. “I Opened a Book” by Julia Donaldson (Oct 2014)
• Loveliness Poetry and Quotes. Nature’s loveliness. (July 2026)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Max Ehrmann Poetry and Prayer on finding beauty in life. (September 2016)
• Missing mother’s love as an adult woman. “Rock Me to Sleep” poem by Elizabeth Akers Allen (May 2013)
• Mourning losses in life compared to phases of the moon. Poem “Shadows in the Light” by Robert Lavery (Oct. 2007)
• Music Poetry and Quotes. Music feeding our souls. (September 2026)
• Music.  Beautiful quotes and poetry. (July 2022)
• New Year’s Poetry and Quotations (January 2014)
• Pain of loss because we love. “Necessary Losses” by Judith Viorst. Poem “The Arms of a Child” (Jan. 2008)
• Persian Poet (1210-1291) Saadi Quotes and Poetry (November 2015)
• Poem on a Beautiful Woman and Chinese Tale of Joy/Sorrow by Eleanor Farjeon (January 2013)
• Poem on little bird living in our soul. Poem on what feeds our soul, keeping our souls alive. (November 2024)
• Poem on mother letting go of season of daughter being young girl. Daughter’s change into young woman. “The Blossom” by Eayan Boland (Dec. 2008)
• Poems compiled in 1941 & read during WW2 (October 2026)
• Poems from Susan’s Childhood (Jan. 2008)
• Poems from the Middle East (June 2023)
• Poems on quiet moments of evening. Middle of night. Early Morning. Beauty in the Quiet. (June 2023)
• Poems on raising children, singing to children, letting children leave home (March 2014)
• Poems on Winter. Early Darkness & Cat in the Evening Snow. (Jan. 2009)
• Poetry & Quotes by Indian Mystic and Saint Kabir (June 2026)
• Poetry from One Thousand Inspirational Things ~ compiled 1800’s (July 2019)
• Psalm 23 Poetry and Translations (September 2017)
• Quotes and poetry on silence. Being present in friendships. (Nov 2014)
• Quotes and poetry on stillness. Grace Crowell. (March 2022)
• Silence and memories poetry (February 2020)
• Sioux Warrior Poem. Thoughts on warriors. (April 2020)
• Songs Prayers Poems from “Saying Grace: Blessings for the Family Table” (February 2015)
• Sunshine. Sun. Summer Poems and Quotes (June 2019)
• The Arms of a Child. Poem by Mary Zachmeyer (love this!) – (Jan. 2008)
• Thoughts for each other during the day. “Telepathy” poem by Michael Dennis Browne. (Jan. 2010)
• Thoughts on the soul and eternal perspective when suffering. Poem from confederate soldier “Unanswered Prayer” (November 2019)
• Time. Precious. Beautiful Moments. Taking Time to Appreciate Life in the Present (Apr. 2007)
• Too Tired to Pray. “Streams in the Desert” (July 2009)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Helen Keller’s encouragement to use our senses. Star Quotes. (October 2025)
• Woman Sighing Poem (grin) “Simple Abundance” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (May 2010)

Prayers

• “My Daily Prayer” Poem with various quotes on kindness (June 2023)
• A Night Prayer by Erasmus (1469-1536). Nighttime Psalms. Celtic Night Prayer (April 2023)
• A Prayer by Max Ehrmann. Beautiful century old prayers (May 2025)
• Auschwitz Liberation. Holocaust Writings. Elie Wiesel Prayer. Maximilian Kolbe Priest and Martyr. Etty Hillesum prisoner journal entries. Presence of God in the midst of suffering. (May 2022)
• Beautiful Classic Prayers Centuries Old (March 2024)
• Century-Old Prayers compiled by Elizabeth Yates (October 2022)
• Desire for solitude. Creativity. Prayer. “Firstlight” by Sue Monk Kidd (Aug. 2008)
• Diaries and Letters of Anne Lindbergh – Goodbyes. Soul. Strength. Prayer. Grief (July 2008 & Aug 2011)
• Difficult Times – Verses of Promises from God (Jan. 2007)
• Famous prayers and thoughts from various centuries. (March 2026)
• God’s Involvement in Caring for Us. “Jesus Calling” Devotional by Sarah Young (Mar 2010)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness Hymn. Quotes on Mercy (July 2010)
• Max Ehrmann Poetry and Prayer on finding beauty in life. (September 2016)
• Morning Prayer. Trust. Hope. Responsibility to Life. Love. (May 2024)
• Prayer defined as opening of tight fist. “With Open Hands” by Henri Nouwen (Oct. 2008)
• Prayer. Our Creator desires our prayers. Our relationship. Our tears. Our joy. Our speaking with him all day long in our minds. “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young (Mar. 2010)
• Prayer. Soul. “The Interior Castle” by Teresa of Avila written in the 1500s. (Dec. 2011)
• Prayer. Striving to see good. Looking heavenward. Kindness and grace quotes. “In this House of Brede” by Rumer Godden (Apr. 2009)
• Prayer. Heaven. Goodness. Forgiveness. “The Lamplighter” by Maria Cummins (September 2024)
• Prayers and Blessings From Around the World (April 2015)
• Prayers and Letting go of Past “Live with Intention: Rediscovering What we Deeply Know” by Mary Anne Radmacher (March 2012)
• Psalms. God’s deep love for us. God using nighttime hours to give us peace. (May 2007)
• Quotes on Prayer. Writing on prayer found in a used book donation to the store. (July 2013)
• Scottish Blessing and beautiful Carthusian Prayer from 12th Century (October 2025)
• Songs Prayers Poems from “Saying Grace: Blessings for the Family Table” (February 2015)
• St. Francis of Assisi song at the end of his life & St. Francis de Sales Prayer and Quotes (Nov 2022)
• Thoughts on the soul and eternal perspective when suffering. Poem from confederate soldier “Unanswered Prayer” (November 2019)
• Too Tired to Pray. “Streams in the Desert” (July 2009)

Quotations

• “My Daily Prayer” Poem with various quotes on kindness (June 2023)
• Agatha Christie’s Memories. Thoughts on her life being part of an unknown play. Quotes on memory and soul. (April 2017)
• Angels ~ Thoughts. Poems. Quotes on angels. March 2025
• Birds Singing in Winter. Quotes and Poetry on our Little Friends (January 2025)
• Blessings and Quotes on Sleep and Nighttime Hours. (March 2026)
• Book Quotes from “Book Notes: A Reader’s Journal” (April 2009)
• Character Quotes. Being the person others think that you are. (April 2009)
• Daisy Quotations & Poetry (June 2024)
• Description of birds greeting the day in Rwanda. Bird quotes. (June 2014)
• Eternal Perspective. Madam Guyon (1648-1717) quotes and poetry. (Nov. 2014)
• Faces. Thoughts and quotes on interest in our faces. (August 2019)
• Fairy Poetry by Rose Fyleman and Quotes on Fairies (January 2016)
• Famous quotes and poetry on flowers & their roles in our lives (April 2024)
• Friendship Quotes.  Friendships compared to cells in honey combs. (April 2018)
• Friendships. Girlfriends. “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” by Anne Quindlen. (June 2012)
• Gardening Quotes and involvement in nature. (June 2020)
• Helping Others Secretly. Giving to find meaning. Kindness quotes. “Doctor Hudson’s Spiritual Journal” by Lloyd Douglas (March 2023)
• Home. Quotes and thoughts on this beautiful small word. (Feb. 2014)
• Imagination Quotes. “Is there a Santa Claus?” NY Editorial 1897 (Dec 2015)
• Inspirational Quotes from Centuries Ago to Present (November 2017)
• Louisa May Alcott Quotes (October 2014)
• Love of birds. Quotes, Hymns, Poems on Birds. (June 2022)
• Love of Books & Book Quotes “The Master Violin” by Myrtle Reed (Jan. 2011)
• Loveliness Poetry and Quotes. Nature’s loveliness. (July 2026)
• Making bed each morning lesson by Admiral Bill McRaven. Details matter. Quotes on details. (February 2023)
• Mark Twain – Epitaph on Daughter’s Stone and Misc. Twain Quotes (Sept. 2015)
• Morning light. Spring Flowers & Rain. Spring Quotes. Grief. (May 2025)
• Mother’s Time with Child & Quotes on Children (March 2011)
• Moxie Quotations. David had it. Goliath didn’t! (August 2020)
• Music Poetry and Quotes. Music feeding our souls. (September 2026)
• Music.  Beautiful quotes and poetry. (July 2022)
• New Year’s Poetry and Quotations (January 2014)
• Perseverance Quotes (Jan. 2011)
• Perseverence Quotes. The Water Lily by Jean Ingelow (May 2016)
• Persian Poet (1210-1291) Saadi Quotes and Poetry (November 2015)
• Poetry & Quotes by Indian Mystic and Saint Kabir (June 2026)
• Prayer. Striving to see good. Looking heavenward. Kindness and grace quotes. “In this House of Brede” by Rumer Godden (Apr. 2009)
• Quotes – Misc. Great Ones! (July 2012)
• Quotes and Passages on Hands (Helen Keller and Willa Cather Excerpts) (July 2021)
• Quotes and poetry on silence. Being present in friendships. (Nov 2014)
• Quotes and poetry on stillness. Grace Crowell. (March 2022)
• Quotes by Maya Angelou (February 2015)
• Quotes by Persian poet Hafez(1310-1390) “A singing bird will come…” Misc. quotes on faith (August 2026)
• Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Essay on Choosing Great Books (Nov. 2013)
• Quotes from Anne of Green Gables Series (August 2015)
• Quotes from centuries past to lift our souls (November 2025)
• Quotes on Angels and “Papa Panov’s Special Christmas” (Dec. 2023)
• Quotes on Appreciating TODAY “The Traveler” always traveling to find happiness by Daren Simkin (July 2024)
• Quotes on Books – “Book Notes Journal” (May 2008)
• Quotes on Children – Appreciation of Life & Christmas (Dec 2011)
• Quotes on Hope – Spring & Easter (April 2022)
• Quotes on love by Mother Teresa. Helen Keller. (Valentine’s Day Feb. 2013)
• Quotes on Prayer. Writing on prayer found in a used book donation to the store. (July 2013)
• Quotes on Self-Respect. Knowing yourself. Handling criticism, Trusting yourself “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. (October 2015)
• Rabindranath Tagore Quotes on beauty of life. Keeping eternal perspective. (September 2022)
• Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. Inspiring Quotes. Love of Words (April 2012)
• Room where thoughts from morning await reentry in the evening. Quotes on soul. “Song of the Lark” by Willa Cather (July 2019)
• Setting intellectual goals. Education quotes. Tales from a Village School by Miss Read (Aug 2012)
• Snoopy Quotes (grin) (March 2009)
• St. Frances de Sales and St. Francis of Assisi Quotes. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio taking name Pope Francis. (March 2013)
• St. Francis of Assisi song at the end of his life & St. Francis de Sales Prayer and Quotes (Nov 2022)
• Stars. Beautiful Poetry and Famous Quotes. (Dec. 2015)
• Sunshine. Sun. Summer Poems and Quotes (June 2019)
• The Blessing of the Creche by Sue Monk Kidd. Beautiful Christmas quotes. (December 2017)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Helen Keller’s encouragement to use our senses. Star Quotes. (October 2025)
• Willa Cather quote on the moon. Quotes on the moon. (October 2023)
• Winnie the Pooh Quotes by A.A. Milne (June 2015)
• Winter and Freezing Quotes (January 2024)

Relationships

• Complexity of Mother/Daughter Relationship. Death of Mother. “Birthday Parties in Heaven” by Ana Veciana-Suarez (May 2006)
• Description of a Beautiful Person “Neighbor Rosicky” by Willa Cather (Feb. 2007)
• Do Good and Disappear (February 2026)
• Elderly friend who loved us as a child dying. Passage of time. “Local Wonders by Ted Kooser” (May 2013 & Mar 2007)
• Friendships. Vulnerability in Relationships. “Braveheart” by Sharon Hersh (May 2008)
• Heaven – Mother meets her child in heaven that had died (Eugene Field) & “Just in Case You Ever Wonder” by Max Lucado (Dec. 2009)
• Helping Others Secretly. Giving to find meaning. Kindness quotes. “Doctor Hudson’s Spiritual Journal” by Lloyd Douglas (March 2023)
• Importance of Relationships (even though pain comes at the end of all relationships)…not just existing. “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (June 2009)
• Love – Helen Keller learning the meaning. Poem by Susan on love described (Feb. 2008)
• Quotes on Self-Respect. Knowing yourself. Handling criticism, Trusting yourself “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. (October 2015)
• Relationships & Death of mothers. (Heaven Reflections on Death of Susan’s Mother) (Jan. 2008)

Simplicity

• Awareness. Noticing. Eulogy for each day of life. “Desert Wisdom by Nouwen” (January 2022)
• Beauty in Details. Finding God. Finding meaning in life. “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp (April 2012)
• Inner stillness. Knowing yourself. Return to the Sea by Anne Johnson (Nov 2007)
• Nature calming restless spirit. Pursuit of stillness. “The Years” by Virginia Woolf (Mar. 2007)
• Priority Setting. Goals “Never Check E-Mail in the Mornings” by Julie Morgenstern (Aug. 2009)
• Simplicity. Beauty in details. The Way of the Small by Michael Gellert (May 2009)

Solitude

• Desire for solitude. Creativity. Prayer. “Firstlight” by Sue Monk Kidd (Aug. 2008)
• Inner stillness. Knowing yourself. Return to the Sea by Anne Johnson (Nov 2007)
• Loneliness & Despair. Search for meaningful life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
• Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
• Nature calming restless spirit. Pursuit of stillness. “The Years” by Virginia Woolf (Mar. 2007)
• Quotes and poetry on silence. Being present in friendships. (Nov 2014)
• Quotes and poetry on stillness. Grace Crowell. (March 2022)

Time

• Angel of Dawn poem by J.S. Cutler (New day bringing new gift) (June 2011)
• Awareness. Noticing. Eulogy for each day of life. “Desert Wisdom by Nouwen” (January 2022)
• Balancing multiple roles and daily dilemmas on overcommitment “Power of 10-10-10” by Suzy Welch (Sept. 2006)
• Bess Streeter Aldrich Excerpts – The years glide by… (October 2015).
• Coexisting with Unresolved & Embracing Imperfection “Creating a Charmed Life” by Victoria Moran (Mar. 2007 & 2011)
• Hour glass analogy to handling life. Focusing on today, not past or tomorrow. Sir William Osler and Dr. James Gordon (September 2024)
• Learning to Read poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Dec. 2010)
• Making bed each morning lesson by Admiral Bill McRaven. Details matter. Quotes on details. (February 2023)
• Nature calming restless spirit. Pursuit of stillness. “The Years” by Virginia Woolf (Mar. 2007)
• Organization “A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder by Abramson & Freedman” (May 2009)
• Perseverance Quotes (Jan. 2011)
• Priority Setting. Goals “Never Check E-Mail in the Mornings” by Julie Morgenstern (Aug. 2009)
• Reflections at the age of 40 on growth in life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
• Setting Goals. Evaluating Things to Do by Priority “Eat That Frog” by Brian Tracy (April 2008)
• Spirituality in Daily Life & Work – “Adam Bede” by George Eliot (July 2014)
• Time Passing so Quickly “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
• Time. Letting each day go. Accepting all events. Myrtle Reed. (March 2016)

Women

• Age Activation Attention Disorder (fun poem on distractions in a day – grin!) (Aug. 2006)
• Aging “Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age and Other Unexpected Adventures” by Reeve Lindbergh (Nov. 2008)
• Aging (I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron) (December 2007)
• Balancing multiple roles and daily dilemmas on overcommitment “Power of 10-10-10” by Suzy Welch (Sept. 2006)
• Beautiful woman behind the scenes “In this House of Brede” by Rumer Godden (Apr. 2009)
• Beauty in Details. Finding God. Finding meaning in life. “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp (April 2012)
• Being Yourself “Just Who Will You Be” by Maria Shriver (Aug. 2008)
• Being Yourself. Rope Analogy. Especially as a Mother. Wife. Creator. Thoughts of Anne Lindbergh (Jan. 2008)
• Bess Streeter Aldrich Excerpts – The years glide by… (October 2015).
• Character of a Woman. “Uncommon Beauty: 7 Qualities of a Beautiful Woman” by Cynthia Heald (Sept. 2010)
• Character Quotes. Being the person others think that you are. (April 2009)
• Desire for solitude. Creativity. Prayer. “Firstlight” by Sue Monk Kidd (Aug. 2008)
• Inner stillness. Knowing yourself. Return to the Sea by Anne Johnson (Nov 2007)
• Lady vs. Woman – Journals of Anne Lindbergh and Proverbs 31. (Mar. 2009)
• Letters of Florence Nightingale – Her desire for intellectual growth (July 2022)
• Life “is a play we are playing all the time. Play in earnest.” “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott (Dec. 2007)
• Living Fully as an Older Woman “Warning: When I am Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple” by Jenny Joseph (April 2009)
• Poem on a Beautiful Woman and Chinese Tale of Joy/Sorrow by Eleanor Farjeon (January 2013)
• Quotes on Self-Respect. Knowing yourself. Handling criticism, Trusting yourself “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. (October 2015)
• Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2026)
• Woman relating herself to different times of her life..herself as young girl and young woman. (Aug. 2014)
• Woman Sighing Poem (grin) “Simple Abundance” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (May 2010)
• Writing to Change. Cope. Grow – “The Sound of Paper” by Julia Cameron (Sept. 2007)

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