Tag: Dotting my Teas

Eleven Eleven

Dotting My Teas by: Marlene Oxender If you were asked to choose a number from one to twelve and write that number on a piece of paper, what number would you choose?   It’s been said that everyone has a favorite number, whether we realize it or not. Those who knew my late brother Stevie…

My Grandma Cupboard

Dotting My Teas By: Marlene Oxender One of the greeting cards in my gratitude journal is a card I’d received from my friend Cassie Baden. She was a phone buddy of mine, and I miss her and her encouraging ways.  Although Cassie’s hands were crippled with rheumatoid, she managed to write beautiful, inspiring words in…

What’s a Fruitcake?

Dotting My Teas By: Marlene Oxender My ten-year-old grandson Deano recently walked past my desk while I was finishing a story about fruitcakes. I’d wondered if he’d ever tried a bite of fruitcake, so I asked him if he knew what a fruitcake is.  He looked at me with a serious face and answered, “I…