Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Inspiration and Heroes

  • Loving Me Some Pooh

    “What day is it,?" asked Pooh."It's today," squeaked Piglet."My favorite day," said Pooh.”     The calendar says it's Tuesday, but it's Monday for me. I'm already a day behind. I arrived home late last night after a long, unplugged weekend, overflowing with friendship, laughter, tears, food, fellowship, sorrow, family, wine… (okay, and maybe a…

  • God Bless the Late Bloomers!

    Those things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labor for. ~St. Thomas More   It's inside of me. I can feel it pushing, trying to stretch and uncurl its petals, this flower of mine. This flower of Me. Some days it's stronger than others and I feel it's almost there,…

  • Ripped Apart and other Sweet!s of the Week

    A collection of colorful bags and pieces of luggage grows beside me. Today's the day I take TG back to campus to start the spring semester. Wasn't it just a few days ago that we carried all of those bags down from the car? Christmas break went by so fast. At the beginning of it…

  • Ben’s Story… When the Fantasy Ends and Heaven Begins

    Ben Breedlove, an Austin teenager, died Christmas night.  I didn't know him personally; in fact, I had never heard of him until this week.  But after watching the videos below, I know I won't forget him or his sweet smile. Ben had a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; according to his videos, he had cheated death…

  • God’s Little People

    The world is a much smaller place than it used to be for me, thanks to blogging. I've connected with amazing people in so many different countries. Through one of them  - Joan at God's Little People – I've become aware of the overabundance of stray cats in Greece. Joan is devoted to rescuing them,…

  • The Glad Game

    My sweet sister, the very one who is still recovering from hip surgery and lives daily with Parkinson's, found out this week she has glaucoma. To treat it and save her eyesight, she'll need to put drops in her eyes every day for the rest of her life. Listen to what she told me about…

  • Mama Taught Me… (Lesson #80)

    Today is my mother's 80th birthday.  A few years ago, in honor of her 77th birthday, I started compiling a list of things she has taught me. Each year since then, on her birthday, I've added to it.  This year, I've had trouble with #80. Not trouble coming up with something – if my mother lives…

  • “It was the thing to do…” (Thank you, Veterans!)

    "Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done." ~St. Martin of Tours     My big brother Buster was headed to Viet Nam, saying his goodbyes, when I stood beside him in this photograph and smiled. I had no idea what was ahead of him. This was…

  • Love at First Bark

    I start almost every morning with a walk down my dirt road with Belle and Max. Their joie de vivre is palpable. Contagious. I'm addicted to these walks, to watching my "puppies" greet each new day with passion and energy and optimism.  Max and Belle were both strays who wandered up to strange houses with a…

  • He would have been 64.

    Thoughts of my brother Buster flitted in and out of my mind today. My parents drove out to the cemetery as I'm sure they've done every October 16 for 29 years. As I'm sure I would do if I were in their place. I hope I'm never in their place. The following is a re-post…