by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 30, 2022 | appearances, Calling, CBByrd Testimony
2 components of extroversion: assertiveness and enthusiasm. I’m high in both. Which makes me a burden and a total “extra grace required” for many introverts. If I’d known this in my 20’s and 30’s and been more guarded about...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | appearances, lake, life change, nature
Three years ago, March 10, 2019, I noted these first blooms on the flowering almond shrub at Deerpoint Lake. Last year on the same date I stopped by the our then vacant house to check on this shrub and enjoy the signs of spring…….. An old fashioned shrub...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | appearances
Fun from 2/23/2016: There has been a long running conversation in my family (as has likely been the case in others ,as well) about the size of women’s backsides and which side of the family they came from. Recently my sister sent me a “funny” that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 14, 2022 | appearances
After I read St. Junia UMC church planter Rev. Dave Barnhart’s article on enemies, Check it out at : ...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 15, 2021 | appearances, nature
Learning to live with transparency can be difficult. Because it also often means learning to live in anonymity and with being overlooked or disregarded. The more I discover, however, the joy of transparency, the less the downside bothers me. It is an exercise in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 12, 2019 | appearances, Cultural Issues
( 6/7/22- I have attempted 3 times to add some thoughts to this original post. The first time I accidentally started it in a group rather than on my personal FB page which is where I intended to put it. Then two more attempts here within this blog, which is the...