by Theresa Reed | May 7, 2016 | The Hit List
If you’ve been following my Ben Franklin side project, you know that I’ve been practicing one of Ben’s “Thirteen Virtues” every month for the last few months. Not keeping track of this? Here’s the first post in the series – that should get you clued in on what...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 30, 2016 | The Hit List, Uncategorized
I am not a grammar snob. I leave that part to my daughter (she’s ruthless with punctuation). But spelling makes me a little insane. I’ve been known to correct my sister’s letters and cards to me. Putting that red mark over her writing gives me a...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 23, 2016 | The Hit List
Do you ever wonder what your mother’s life was like before you were born? Her heartbreaks, her dreams, her triumphs and tragedies – the stories that made her who she is? I did. And still do. In many ways, my mother’s life was an enigma. I grew up in the...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 16, 2016 | The Hit List
If you’ve been following my blog, you may have been keeping up with my little Ben Franklin side project. For those not in the know, the last few months, I’ve been working through his “Thirteen Virtues”, one month at a time. Ben would practice one a week but I...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 9, 2016 | The Hit List
“Why don’t you go outside and play?” This wasn’t a plea – it was a passive-aggressive question-slash-command from a harried mother who couldn’t understand the surly little girl who preferred to curl up in the old Morris chairs with a book rather than play kick...