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Merry Christmas- Sharing one of this year’s highlights!

December 19, 2020 by Sharon

Merry Christmas! I’m ending the year with this post and sharing one of my biggest highlights of the year- being shared on one of my favorite blogs! Highlight of 2020 One of my biggest highlights of 2020 happened today. A link to my post on making Christmas trees out of costume jewelry was shared on […]

Costume Jewelry Christmas Trees

December 12, 2020 by Sharon

Costume jewelry Christmas trees can become a favorite Christmas decoration- especially if they are made with family members’ jewelry! This costume jewelry Christmas tree started it all. I found this unique piece in my parents’ antique store about 10 years ago. I never put it out during the holidays until I remarried and moved to […]

Christmas Decorations

December 8, 2020 by Sharon

I’m still extremely excited to see Christmas decorations from different peoples’ homes. Today, I’m sharing my house as well as my mom’s apartment full of Christmas decorations. Welcome to my home Last year was the first year since my first husband passed away that I felt like decorating a big tree. I put it up […]

Thanksgiving 2020-Where two or three are gathered

November 26, 2020 by Sharon

Happy Thanksgiving. Even in 2020 I have so much to be thankful for. I felt like writing down my blessings so I can come back to this from time to time and remind myself on the hard days! Count your blessings. Name them one by one. Count your many blessings see what God has done!! […]

After her husband’s sudden and unexpected death, Sharon McCuistian found herself a widow at the age of 48. With two grown children in college, Sharon had to find a way to live in her new reality. She turned to the things she loved to help in her grief: faith, family, and friends. Her love of words and writing became the cathartic venue by which she began to process her loss. It is through her grief journey that Now Choose Life was born. Read More

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Martin Luther King Jr.

I encourage you to do as I am doing today and read some of Dr. King’s speeches or sermons. I’m giving you a couple of links to some popular works. Kahn Academy- Letter From A Birmingham Jail- lesson 7 Things You May Not Know About MLK’s “I have a dream speech.” I Have A Dream- […]

Book Review- 2 Memoirs Not To Miss

I recently finished two memoirs that are not to be missed. Although the authors are worlds apart, they both inspired me to keep going through difficult circumstances. Two Memoirs Not To Be Missed The first memoir is Kathie Lee Gifford’s, It’s Never Too Late. Gifford tells stories from her long and wide-ranging career. From stories […]

Things Piquing My Interest on this Peak of the Week!

Here is a list of things piquing my interest on this Peak of the Week! It’s not Hump Day, it’s Wednesday! Many of you had a beautiful snowfall earlier this week. The mountains of New Mexico was missed. It is really dry here right now. Praying for moisture so we don’t have to worry about […]

2021- New Year, New Word My Word For The Year

I have a new word for 2021. New Year, New Word. I’ve written before that I kept the same word for many years (I guess really a phrase), and it was Still Waters. I wrote about it a little bit HERE. The events of 2020 helped cinch what my word should be. I was ranting […]

Happy New Year-I’m Hopeful For 2021

Happy New Year!! I’m hopeful for 2021. How about you? We have all been through a hard year, but I can say with certainty that 2020 doesn’t come close to the hardest year I’ve ever faced. I know many of you can’t say the same. I understand the pain of a most painful year, and […]

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