Category Archives: Cleo Thoughts

Angels Watching

“Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching and His angels are interested spectators too.”                                                                                             -Billy Graham                                                                                          Truth is always stranger than fiction. That is why biographies and memoirs are my favorite genres to read. As a public […]

Addie Mix Story- A Ray of Hope in the Darkness: Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives

A Ray of Hope in the Darkness One Mother’s Story of Tragedy, Trauma and Triumph By Cleo Lampos as told by Addie Mix The knife stabbed Jim’s arms as he held them up as a living shield. Again the blade cut through the skin and muscle of Jim’s vain defense. Over and over his assailant […]

Aqua Exercise- Senior Inspirations

Aqua exercise has become a passion of mine for two reasons. Dorthea and Louise, both senior citizens who inspire me to “suit up and show up”at the gym pool twice a week. These women prove the benefits of being in the water. Dorthea is 74 years old. She swims forty laps in the pool three […]

5 Lessons for Today’s Teachers from Weedpatch Camp School

During the darkest days of the Great Depression, thousands of Oklahoma families migrated from the Dust Bowl to California in automobiles piled high with their earthly belongings. The grove owners and truck farmers referred to the penniless refugees from drought as “Okies”. The name carried prejudice toward the migrants trying to escape starvation by working […]