Heart Hope by Olga

Having just moved to Boulder from Texas, I was not used to the drastic weather changes that could take place in just minutes in Colorado. I had been out running errands that day and had on a skirt, and short sleeve shirt with flip flops, but suddenly the winds brought in a cold front. Since I had only more stop to make that afternoon, I decided not to return home to change into warmer attire before stopping at First Presbyterian Church to drop off paperwork for an up coming event. Not being familiar with the building, I parked and ran into the closest door which was flung open by a greeter. The friendly man was shabbily dressed, missing teeth and scruffy from not shaving in recent days, but made me feel warm and welcome on that cold afternoon.  He quickly assessed that I was not dressed appropriately for the weather’s rapid transformation and made an assumption that made me laugh…but also think. The man presumed that I was there because I was homeless and needed to visit the clo...

Laughter the Best Medicine Some friends from Boulder were up in the mountains visiting us for the weekend, so we hopped on the bikes and rode to City Market to get a salad for lunch. Sue, Cathy and I decided just to sit on the concrete ledge outside of the store in the bright sunshine to enjoy the fall day. Since we don’t get to see each other often there was a lot to catch up on, so we stayed for quite a while enjoying the fellowship and the warmth of the sun.  The three of us are an unusual mix. We met in Boulder at the Newcomers Club and although we had drastically different backgrounds, we just hit it off and became fast friends. Simply said, we just like each other and can always pick right up where we left off. Cathy is the youngster in the group and has no kids, unless you call Frankie, the adopted cat, her baby; Sue has 3 kids about the same ages as mine and I’m not quite sure how many critters she has at the moment. Cathy is from the Northeast, Sue from the Midwest ...