by Monica Vest Wheeler | Aug 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Remembering those wedding vows 42 years ago, I don’t recall the clause about “common sense and clumsiness.” Well, I was a bit nervous that day … thinking but not REALLY knowing what I had committed to … Relationships are kinda like the Hokey Pokey …...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jul 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
When you’re stuck in traffic, you’re immediately grateful for two things: full tank of fuel and empty bladder. Don’t you just hate it when interstate traffic suddenly stops and you haven’t seen any warning signs that construction is ahead? Then you wonder if there’s...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Around age 40, I realized to my horror that I lived in a throwaway society. Material items didn’t seem to last as long as I remember when I was a kid, teen, wife, then mother. I was from the “old school” where you tried to fix things or get the most...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
How on earth could I miss the designation of July 17 as World Juggling Day?!?!? Did you miss it, too? I mean, we’re all juggling something … mostly life. Not even counting a pandemic, we keep so many balls in the air these days that it’s almost impossible to suck in...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Can you hear your calling above all the noise? I’ve never seen so many earphone options in my life as in the marketplace today … tiny, big, over the ear, large enough to hide your ears from view and give the impression you could have alien origins. Hmm … It’s the...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
All the chapters that must be written I remember our walk through Glen Oak Park when Mom came to Peoria for a visit around 1990. We stumbled upon a wedding in the park, and I had to get photos of her. No, we didn’t interfere with the nuptials but we sure had fun...
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