NEVER...EVER...GIVE UP HOPE

Do you have secrets that you plan to take to the grave?  Are there things in your past that you want to bury and hope no one ever finds out about them? Everyone has secrets. My mother-in-law...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/do-you-wanna-know-secret-do-you-promise.html

  How Do Five-Year-Olds Think? Priceless. Since they were very young, whenever my grandkids visited us, they would take two hands full of loose coins from the change bucket. They could keep wha...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/have-you-ever-looked-at-life-like-five.html

When we think of the words "For better, for worse," we usually think of marriage.  However, there is another type of relationship where I believe this is applicable – our relationship with ...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/can-your-relationship-with-your-dog-be.html

IS THERE A MURPHY'S LAW THAT SAYS: "WHEN YOU ARE DRESSED TO THE NINES, THAT IS WHEN MISHAPS/MINI DISASTERS/POOP HAPPENS?" My daughter, her two children, my husband, and I had attended the Celeb...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/why-you-should-never-take-candy-from.html

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY? PLEASE.  HELP.  I need answers and possibly you have the right ones!  Most of us wonder about 'stuff' and never really get a proper answer.  I am hoping you can ...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/have-you-ever-wondered-why-and-never.html

THIS MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE, SHOULD MAKE YOU SMILE AND MAYBE YOU’LL SHAKE YOUR HEAD. BUT THIS HOME INVASION STORY HAPPENED TO MY FRIENDS.  It was close to midnight when Vicky thought she hear...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/are-you-prepared-to-protect-yourself.html

I married the world’s greatest procrastinator. I have learned NEVER to ask him if he wants to do something now...or later. It does not matter what the task is, his option - later.  EVERY. TIM...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-is-secret-to-stop-being.html

MY HUSBAND, CLAYTON, AND I HAVE ALWAYS CALLED EACH OTHER BABE. IT NEVER OCCURRED TO EITHER ONE OF US TO NAME A DOG BABE. TWO BABES UNDER ONE ROOF WAS ENOUGH. We had been out of touch with Clayt...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/how-far-would-you-go-to-save-your-dogs.html

WERE MY EYES DECEIVING ME? I LEANED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET A CLOSER LOOK. YES! IT WAS A TINY BIRD. HE WAS SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.   I leaned as close to the w...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/taking-action-to-save-life.html

Last week I had one day packed with running errands of every type. One of those errands was to go to the recycle center. I had several trays of recyclables but there was a strong wind outside whi...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/do-we-allow-panic-to-cloud-our-thinking.html

Six years ago a man came into our jewelry store and asked for a small cash loan on a silver dollar.  I gave him $20.  "I'll be back in a week to pay you back." Steve was homeless and I didn...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/story-of-hope-finding-hope-amongst.html

   NOTHING CAN STOP YOU - NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU AWAKENED IN THE MORNING AND WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PAST THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, OR SEVEN DECADES?  OR...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/do-your-excuses-keep-you-from-being.html

This month we celebrate our wedding anniversary and this is the toast I will give to my husband of 49 years -- THE PERFECT DAY We met early in the morning, you and I. Even before breakfas...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-does-it-take-to-have-perfect.html

Preparing for this month's Fly On the Wall post was painful when I realized I need to get out more! Each day I am consumed with either writing blog posts , creating YouTube videos, writing healt...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-sense-of-accomplishment-can-be-worth.html

HAVE YOU EVER TURNED OFF YOUR CLOCK AND WORKED UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE? That's the way the past two months felt. I needed to launch my new website and YouTube  channel -- everything else had t...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-it-difficult-to-find-veterinarian.html

"BUILDING A WEBSITE CAN BE FUN," THEY SAID. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER DONE THAT? WAS IT FUN?  For the past six weeks, I worked 10 or more hours per day - every day - building my new website. I was ...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/07/during-middle-of-chaos-do-you-stop-for.html

SIX YEARS AGO A MAN ASKED US FOR A SMALL CASH LOAN ON A SILVER DOLLAR.  I GAVE HIM $20.  "I'll be back in a week to pay you back." Steve was homeless and I didn't expect to see him again. ...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/06/have-you-ever-seen-benefits-of-helping.html

Mother's Day is an emotional day for many moms. My mom died when I was 18 years old. Not only do I miss her every day but I realize how fortunate my friends are who have shared their lives with t...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/05/how-to-maintain-great-attitude-in.html

SINCE I HAVE MY OFFICE IN MY HOME, THE ONLY TIME I 'DRESS UP' IS FOR ZOOM CALLS - FULL MAKE-UP, BUSINESS ATTIRE, AND JEWELRY. IF I HAVE TO RUN ERRANDS, I RARELY BOTHER WITH MAKE-UP. SUNGLASSES AN...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/04/how-do-you-answer-tough-questions-five.html

One of the only justifiable reasons for eating dinner out is my  laziness if I do not feel like cooking. Rarely is it a treat. The choice of restaurants in our community is limited and usually a...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/03/sometimes-only-way-to-say-thank-you-is.html

WHEN MY DENTIST PUT A TEMPORARY CAP ON MY FRONT TOOTH HE TOLD ME, "THAT SHOULD HOLD ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IN AN IMPLANT." My first thought was "Do yo...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2021/02/is-dental-surgery-as-awful-as-it-sounds.html

BRINGING OUR DOGS BACK TO LIFE HAVE YOU HAD TO SACRIFICE YOUR OWN LUXURIES, VACATIONS, OR FUN BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF MAINTAINING YOUR PET’S HEALTH?  Have you noticed that these co...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2019/10/how-to-cut-your-veterinarian-costs-to.html

AFTER I WRAPPED THE LAST CHRISTMAS GIFT A FEW DAYS AGO, I BEGAN MY CHRISTMAS BAKING. WHILE BAKING MY GRANDS FAVORITES I HEARD THE DEVASTATING NEWS: CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED. Of course, it cam...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-happened-to-my-right-to-celebrate.html

ONE WORD THAT ALMOST ALWAYS BRINGS GROANS AND UTTERANCES AND PEOPLE OFTEN WISH THEY COULD REMOVE IT FROM THEIR VOCABULARY.  THAT WORD IS 'PROCRASTINATION.' MANY PEOPLE HATE TO ADMIT THEY ARE P...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2020/12/do-you-struggle-with-that-dirty-little.html

MOST OF US PLAN OUR HOLIDAYS TO SHARE WITH FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS. ESPECIALLY THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. YET, THIS YEAR OUR PLANS MAY BE ALTERED OR SHATTERED FOR MANY OF US. This must be especi...

https://batteredhope.blogspot.com/2020/11/you-can-find-joy-and-contentment-no.html