Category: WORDS 2 GROW BY

  • Marsha

    SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?

    It has been almost 9 years since I published THE TRUTH ABOUT VASHTAI and I have learned quite a bit about writing, publishing and making money. The one lesson I have learned: I have to keep my day job! People often come to me for advice about writing. I used to tell them to just […]

  • Marsha

    LOOK INTO MY EYES

    NETTIE-OLOGY: Look me in the eyes!   The ability to properly communicate is an endangered behavior. In recent times I began receiving an increasing number of text messages that warranted telephone calls and, though not as many, telephone calls that should have been face to face conversation. Think about this, when communicating via text message or […]

  • Marsha

    NETTIE-OLOGY: THE HEART OF NETTIE

    NETTIE-OLOGY: : THE HEART OF NETTIE- I WRITE I have allowed people to dictate my time and influence my thinking that ends today. I am not the entertainment committee- don’t just drop by. My kitchen is not self-serve; when you do stop by uninvited don’t expect me to offer you anything. If I want your […]

  • Marsha

    LEGACY

      NETTIE-ISM: It is not what you leave your daughters but what you are giving them while you are living that is important.   Every time I eat a sweet potato pie I remember when my grandmother made them, I also remember when my mother realized her mind had gone and could not make them […]

  • Marsha

    A NETTIE-ISM: PTSD

    Dealing with PTSD. I recently had a family member die, who lived with PTSD, when I lived near him I did not ‘get’ his personality, we were never close. I had heard mention of his difficulty since returning from the war but I can’t even say which war, I think it was Vietnam. POST TRAUMATIC […]

  • Marsha

    THURSDAY MAY 4, 2017 – NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

    Today is NATIONAL PRAYER DAY and many Christians will pray out of tradition, obligation or because everyone else is doing it. Praying is a serious action and should not be taken lightly. It does not have to take hours but it should be done with the belief that God hears what is being said. Pray […]