by Elizabeth Cowan | Jan 26, 2019 | Blog
Busybodies come in all ages and both genders. If you watch a group of children playing, you will soon spot the miniature busybody in the group. Children are simple creatures, but they do have a strong sense of self. If a child believes they are treated unfairly by...
by Elizabeth Cowan | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog
Some folks say things which inevitably get them in trouble. This affliction is known as speaking before engaging the brain. In defense of shoot from the lip folk, they are blessed or cursed with an imp riding on their shoulders. The imp’s sole purpose is to prod his...
by Elizabeth Cowan | Jan 12, 2019 | Blog
“Always avoid the near occasions of sin.” The nuns who taught in parochial schools drilled that cautionary lesson into every child in their custody. Sometimes the words reverberated in those little ears after a youngster or two got into some mischief that in the minds...
by Elizabeth Cowan | Jan 5, 2019 | Blog
Even with a cocoon of Christmas carols, goodwill towards men, and mountains of presents to placate our mercenary hearts, the veneer of the holidays wipes off with the ease of an eraser cleaning a chalkboard. The interesting or perhaps troubling thing about the...
