“The greatest gift I ever had came from God, and I call him Dad.” (anonymous) My children have passed over the dividing line. They have been alive more years now without their father [...]
All of us have it. But we can lose it temporarily. Yet, all of us have the power to find it again too. Confidence is the extra battery pack that fuels our inner spirit. It propels us to greater [...]
“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” (Henry Ward Beecher) In an Email last week, my youngest sister Vanessa reminded me that 2/24/12 would mark the 19th [...]
The coach intently watches the action from the sidelines. When there is a need for intervention, the signal is given for a “time out” and the players leave the field and huddle around [...]
“It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.” ( Author unknown) As we mature, our [...]
“You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.” ( Old Chinese proverb) When we suffer a loss we [...]
You can’t see it. You can’t touch it. But the sensation of fear is very real. It is overwhelming and makes us do things that we would not normally do. When our confidence is shaken [...]
The calendar says that it is time to say good-bye to 2011. So as I rip off the last page for this year, I am taking a moment to assess my progress for the past 365 days and I am wondering, [...]
The four-inch light blue glass ball is always the initial ornament placed on our annual family Christmas tree. For our first Yuletide Season together, my new husband David and I travelled to my [...]
