We hope you enjoyed the January 2022 issue of This Awful Awesome Life.
Many thanks to Lilly Kauffman, Linda Cahill, and Orlando Bartro for their informative and entertaining contributions.
This month we are celebrating games, Black History Month, and Valentine’s Day.
Are you into board games, card games, word games, or video games? Did you have family game night? We have a fun quiz for you about games and I take a trip down memory lane about family game nights growing up and the wonderful memories I have of playing games with my own kids. Lilly Kauffman shares an interesting take on the concept of playing games. Don’t miss her poem about a February winter morning in Chicago.
I’m featuring movies based on games in this month’s streaming article.
Orlando Bartro shares a wonderful story about the Homa Pakshi, a mythological Peruvian bird and the healing power of our imagination.
Patricia Petrusik writes about “Lasagna Love” and how you can be part of this wonderful program of neighbors helping neighbors.
In honor of Black History Month, we’re featuring influential Black politicians and the changes they have fought for to secure representation for people of color.
How did the heart-shape we associate with love and Valentine’s Day evolve? Why do we associate our hearts with love instead of our brains? These are two of the questions we’ll try to answer in this issue.
This month I reviewed The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett. It doesn’t really fit with the themes of this issue, but the life of this author and the mystery of her disappearance are so intriguing I couldn’t resist. We have reading recommendations for kids and adults and February 2022 in Pictures.
Samantha Sayers has been missing since she disappeared on August 1, 2018, after a day of solo hiking at Vesper Peak near Seattle, Washington. Sam grew up in the Erie, Pennsylvania area where her parents Ron and Lisa still live. Her family is exploring all avenues of inquiry to find and bring her home.
In the face of such an enormous challenge, they have chosen hope. Please keep sending positive thoughts to Sam and her family.
As promised, we will be displaying a yellow ribbon for Sam on the opening page of each issue of This Awful Awesome Life until she is home.
If you are a person of faith, please pray for her safe return to her family. Because we are an online publication, we can update this article with any news. We will also post information on our Facebook page. Thank you!
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Happy Reading,
Fran