Rebekah Ruth's Blog, page 2

Imperfect Progress

But I was doing so well. Hmmff. (Insert pouting face here)

I was very proud of myself. I’d started up this new blog in February and I was determined to write every week. However, let's just say that consistency has never been my strong suit. It's never actually even been in my closet or card deck or wherever that expression comes from. So telling myself I would write weekly seemed a bit of a stretch. But I set my weekly writing time and I did it. For about two months I hit “publish” once a we...

Tribute To My Feisty Irish Gram (1920-2018)

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine—” my alto voice cracked as it blended with my dad’s tenor. We held gram’s hands and sang one of her favorite songs, as she passed from this world to the next place. “—you’ll never know dear how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away.” I couldn’t get the last three words out.

 

She was a feisty ninety-eight-year-old Irish woman with a room full of loved ones who spent her final hours with her. We were told she could hear us even though the morp...

No Time to Read

Continuing my series on the Miracle Morning SAVERS (the things that get me out of bed in the morning and help me start my day in the best way) I'm going to touch on the R in SAVERS today. The R stands for one of my favorite activities: READING.

Now if you're groaning and rolling your eyes right now, telling me you'd rather wait for the movie, I will admit I can't make you love reading if you don't want to. But I think I can make a case for why you may want to make time for it. I don't really n...

What’s your Story?

A few years ago, a pretty young woman approached me in a Panera. “Hi, you’re a writer, aren’t you?” She held out a business card. Now, at this point, I had written my book and started my blog but I certainly didn’t think I would be recognizable to anyone! I figured we must have mutual … Continue reading What’s your Story?

My Ten Year Old…the Quilter?

Had a conversation with Ten yesterday that went something like this: Ten: “Mom, I’m bored out of my mind.” Me: “Well, boredom isn’t necessarily bad, buddy. It helps you learn to be more creative. Makes you find something interesting to do.” Ten: “Mom.” He gives me the look—you know, chin down, looking up at … Continue reading My Ten Year Old…the Quilter? →

IMHO

IMHO.That was one of those “text speak” words that I had to look up after seeing it over and over on Facebook and having no clue what it meant. Most of them I could figure out when I first noticed them: LOL= Laughing out loud (although, I’ve heard it said that it should really read … Continue reading IMHO →

IT’S HERE!! The New and Improved Where the Pink Houses Are!

I’m so excited! I’m jumping up and down right now. Really (no video…you’ll have to take my word for it). But seriously, have I told you how excited I am?? It’s been a long journey to get my first book, Where the Pink Houses Are, onto shelves in a format that I approve of. But … Continue reading IT’S HERE!! The New and Improved Where the Pink Houses Are! →

Just Airing My Clean Laundry

[originally posted this in May 2014. Someone mentioned it to me this week and it made me laugh when I looked back at it. Hope you enjoy the pics at the end ;)] (Alternate Title: Stop Comparing your Behind-the-Scenes with everyone else’s Highlight Reel!) So, I’ve been collecting pictures for months for this particular blog […]

Bill’s New Home…

So, acouple monthsago, I published a post that explained why Bill was no longer with Carrabba’s. He’d had such a long, successful run there,I didn’t want his customers to wonder why he suddenly wasn’t there anymore. I asked people to share the post with anyone that they knew was a customer of his. (Feel free […]

Tell Your Face

Last night at Sixteen’s volleyball game, two different moms told me that my boys (Ten and Twelve): Were so cute Were so well behaved and always seemed happy Got along really well I’m still laughing. One out of three aint bad; they are cute. Perception is such a funny thing. The way we think we […]