Now Choose Life

Choose Life in the after- after the spouse dies, after the marriage ends, after the kids leave

  • Grief
  • Books
  • Food
  • Travel
  • What I Wore
  • links
  • Faith
  • Home
  • Favorite Things

Things Piquing My Interest On This Peak Of The Week #74

May 5, 2021 by Sharon

These are growing wild not far from my house.

It’s Wednesday- The Peak of the Week. Here are some things piquing my interest on this beautiful Wednesday!! What’s piquing yours?

Peak of the Week
The tops of the mountains were covered with clouds yesterday morning!

First, one thing piquing my interest this week is the fact that (If I’ve counted correctly) I have done 73 Peak of the week posts! The first one I did was on January 35, 2017. Maybe I’ll celebrate when I reach 100!

Also, my post yesterday about how grief changes was sadly full of mistakes that I had corrected, but for some reason the corrections didn’t save. I’ll to go in and correct later today! Makes me sad when that happens. One thing I’ve learned about a blog is that people in the know say it’s good to publish quality B work. I usually live by that rule or I’d never hit publish on anything I write!! I don’t consider yesterday’s post to be B quality so that made me sad when I reread it this morning!!

It’s beautiful here today in the mountains of New Mexico! I’m hoping to plant the rest of the flowers I bought over the weekend today. The rule of thumb is to wait until Mother’s Day to plant new plants! That’s hard on this girl who was used to April 1st being the planting date!!

So, what’s piquing my interest? Here you go!!

What Books To Read This Spring

I’m all about What To Read posts! This one is extra special. It includes gardening and nature!!

He Asked Strangers About Things They Regret Not Saying. The Replies Were Cathartic

Interesting concept and beautiful words!

Healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad w/ Zesty Dijon Dressing

I’m planning on making this next week!!

In Grief- A Lovely Tradition On Mother’s Day

I’m so blessed to still have my mother on this earth! I know many of you can’t say that. I love this tradition to honor mothers on Mother’s Day. I, like this author, remember my dad buying my mom, my sister, and me corsages to wear to church on Mother’s Day. My corsage was a mini of my moms!! What a sweet daddy I had!

My daughter and her fiancé are staying with us for a while before they head out to parts unknown in their travel van!! They are working in Santa Fe today to soak up all things Cinco de Mayo so I get to babysit her dog, Harper Lee!!

Area of the house we are concentrating on– Our yard is finally finished!! I want to do a post, but we now have a lot of work to do since the flagstone and retaining walls are in place. Here are some peeks at what’s been done.

What I’m Reading– Still reading Jo Jo Moyes. I plan to read everything she’s ever written!

Buy Here.

This has it all! Amnesia, The South of France, London, A Bad Marriage, and of course A Man She Falls In Love With! It’s $1.99 on Kindle today too!!

What I’m Watching– I’m so happy that RHONY is starting this week! It’s one of my favorites! We are also watching Mare Of Easttown on HBO. It’s good so far!! Have you seen it?

Past Posts From Now Choose Life

My First Ever Peak Of The Week

Filed Under: links

Comments

  1. CoCo says

    May 7, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Always fun to see what you’re up to each week, Sharon! We were just talking about picking up a corsage for my Mom this Mother’s Day so I love that you included it. Thank you for the book recommendations too. Hope your weekend is peace-filled and blessed, CoCo

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      May 10, 2021 at 1:37 pm

      Thank you! I love that you were able to see you mom and get her a corsage!! So sweet!! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

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

Follow Me On

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

Things Piquing My Interest #83

On April 22, 2022 a fires started in the beautiful Jemez Mountains in New Mexico. As the days have progressed, the fire has slowly moved closer and closer to the town in which I live. We are now under “Set” orders in the Ready Set Go program for dealing with wild fires. We have several […]

Spring Ideas To Add To Your Home

Looking for spring ideas to add to your home? Look no further! I’m sharing some favorite things from my home as well as sending you to some of my favorite blog posts that are all about spring! It’s been winter here in my beautiful New Mexico mountains, but inside, it’s all about springtime! Here are […]

Things Piquing My Interest #82

First of all, let me get you caught up on ME! I guess I won’t be a movie star after all. I was emailed about an extra part in the movie being filmed in the town in which I live. I guess I didn’t get back to them quickly enough because I never heard from […]

A Guided Pray For Ukraine- Using The Lord’s Prayer

For the past couple of years, I’ve been using the Lord’s Prayer as part of a guided prayer time. It’s made me think about specific areas for which I need to pray and made me reflect on how I’m choosing to live my life. I thought I’d share a prayer for UKraine using the Lord’s […]

Scottsdale

A Weekend In Scottsdale

Could you use a getaway right about now? I’ve got the perfect place for you-a weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona. Life has been stressful lately. I wanted a fun getaway with Dr. T so we picked Scottsdale. We also called our fun travel friends, Fred and Ethel, and they were happy to meet us there. Where […]

Recent Posts

  • Things Piquing My Interest #83
  • Spring Ideas To Add To Your Home
  • Things Piquing My Interest #82
  • A Guided Pray For Ukraine- Using The Lord’s Prayer
  • A Weekend In Scottsdale

Follow Me On

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • About
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2022