2024 Reader Awards

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Readers, you all have blessed me throughout the year and I have chosen four of you as the recipients of my first annual Reader Awards. Look for your prizes in your holiday mail. 🙂

Award 1 – Longest newsletter subscriber

Janet E.

Award 2 – Most engaged newsletter subscriber

Gail H.

Award 3 and 4 – Best blog giveaway comments*

*This category was a tough one because so many of you made great comments. To take the pressure off myself, I asked my daughter to pick the two winners. 🙂

Perrianne A.

Question: “What was one of your favorite childhood stories?”

Answer: “I loved a strange little book called How Fletcher Was Hatched by Wendy & Harry Devlin. The premise was that the dog was jealous of his owners new chick & devised a way to be “hatched” and learn to “peep” in order to get her attention back. Quite silky, but I loved it back then!”

Winnie T.

Question: “What old-time remedies for various ailments have you either tried or heard of?”

Answer: “Vicks on your chest for congestion. It seemed to help a little, but maybe just cleared out your sinuses from the smell. LOL I remember Mercurochrome, too. I think it’s now banned because of the mercury in it, and it’s not as effective as some other antibacterials.

I think some of the old-time remedies are effective, but a lot have been replaced by newer, more expensive, and possibly more effective products. Some of the older remedies are safer than the new ones and vice versa.

My dad was a coach in the 1950s and 60s, and he was a pro at using butterfly bandages for cuts. All the neighbors would bring their kids over for him to bandage their cuts. It was very effective for avoiding stitches and a lot less traumatic for the kids.”

I’ve always liked this picture for an analogy of how small, seemingly insignificant, actions can have much more importance than we realize. That is what your interactions mean to me. Thank you all for your support! –Loraine