by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 7, 2016 | Christmas, story, Unexpected Gifts
Unexpected Gifts(an old-fashioned Christmas story)Part 2 Valorie Bender Quesenberry Jacquelyn Benson stuffed her hands into the pockets of her blue serge coat and shivered. Of all days for Billie Sue to be late picking her up! Of course, things were...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Nov 30, 2016 | Christmas, story, Unexpected Gifts
Unexpected Gifts(an old-fashioned Christmas story)Part 1 Valorie Bender Quesenberry The snowflakes looked like a feather storm. Janie thought about the day old Blue pulled Granny’s feather tick off the line and tore a hole in it....
by Valorie Quesenberry | Nov 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love being right.Ask my husband.Part of this is the fact that I am married to a professional, a man who takes detail seriously and who has a brain that is just geared to get things right. So we have an ongoing joke about the times I win and can say “I’m...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Sep 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Repost of a blog entry from Fall, 2007.As I contemplate the arrival of the autumn season of the year and my present season of mothering, the words of this little verseremind of the value of each and every day.Plump and shiny,fruit of harvest,pumpkins orange lay...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
She’s old. But to me she’s always been old. She’s my grandma.But she’s not like I remember her. You see, it’s been a long time since I’ve lived close enough to see her. And, in that time, she’s changed. Skin mottled and...