Photo booth memories of a salvaged Mother's Day
Mother’s Day, that sometimes sweet, sometimes difficult, sometimes ironic teacher, isn’t always what we wish it could be. I’m about to face my first one without kids at home. Maybe you have tough circumstances, too. Whatever they are, take heart. We can still salvage Mother’s Day… and learn a little something in the process…
Read moreThe world will slap labels on you all day long and those can easily become your identity. Father. Mother. Wife. Husband. Job doer. Student. Shy. Outgoing. But underneath those worldly layers, who are you really? The answer is worth finding if you want to live your real life…
Read moreBanish embarrassment. Ignore uncertainty. There's an adventurer waiting to be freed from your life's schedules and routine. Let her out and you'll remember how amazing a little excitement feels...
Read moreAlred Street Baptist Church, where Church happened without walking in the door.
A "chance" encounter with a stranger brought Church outside, to me, and delivered a powerful lesson for all of us. If you're open to it, you, too, will find yourself attending service when you least expect it....
Read moreBeware that the external storms you face don't silence the power of the storm within you. It's there, waiting for you to use it. Being the storm will change your life...
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As night fell, I wondered how I'd make it home before the blizzard paralyzed my town for days, making my return impossible. No planes. No trains. No automobiles. Just four strangers united by a common goal: to beat the storm...
Read moreWe work so hard to make Christmas perfect. We run and rush and decorate and bake ourselves into a frenzy. But my old, worn nativity reminds me Christmas was never meant to be about perfection. Take a breather, just for a minute, and read on.....
(Photo used with permission from Mi Esperanza)
As you shop for those you love this Christmas, Hanukkah, holiday season, choose gifts that change lives.
No doubt you'll love the goodies I'm about to show you, but you'll love their lasting impact even more.....
Richard Alfaro (right) and his employee, smiling and spreading their happy message one goat at a time.
You know I love positive people with a positive message. But who knew a goat could be part of this wonderful movement of ours? This blue billy and his creator are on a mission to spread an upbeat message you won't want to miss. You're gonna love these guys! Together, they'll inspire you.... and give you some great gift ideas, too.....
Read moreA place to count my blessings
Whatever you do, don't let Thanksgiving be a one and done gratitude fest. I've just finished a year long gratitude experiment and science supports my conclusions: daily thanks giving opens us up to an array of benefits. It was also a lifeline during a year that could have easily broken me.....
Read moreHold dear old friends.
We figured it had been about seven or eight years since we had seen one another, a long friendship left unattended in the demands of lives that are too fast paced, too hectic. But then he called and asked if he could come and spend time with me. Of course, I said. Of course. Old friendships matter....
Read moreWhen our proverbial sky looms large and gray, it can be tough to see anything else out there. But I promise you that good stuff abounds. You just have to be willing to look.....
Read moreI'm drawn to positive people. Maybe that's why I knew I had to get to know the wonderful Wendy Bell....
Read moreI think it's strange that we wait until someone dies to have a celebration of life. Why don't we do it sooner? Often? Every day? Let's start right now....
Read moreThe ancient Easter story relates to every one of us, whether Christian or not. It's the story of life and it's teeming with instructions for getting through life's hardest days.....
Read moreI had a little revelation today. At a time when a lot of folks are ready to argue and diminish one another, take a different approach. You'll be surprised by what you get in return. I certainly was.....
Read moreRelationships are tricky, especially when you can't see the other person beyond their connection with you. But when the blinders come off, the effect is profound. I know this because looking more closely was a miracle that transformed my relationship with my mother who had died months earlier and then turned up in the form of an angel.....
Read moreThere's so much fighting and coercion out there. It's all over social media. It's in coffee shop conversations. This tide is carrying us farther apart at a time when we must come together and I've been wondering how, in the midst of strong feelings and people being at great odds, we can do that. How do we come together? I have an idea....
Read moreIt started as I wondered how the hell I could pull off an outfit for a sixties party and ended with facing my cruel inner critic. We all have one and if you hear trash talk from yours, too, tell her to zip it!
Read moreI’ve realized change doesn’t come by deciding what we’ll do. It comes by changing how we think. And to do that, I need more than resolutions. I need a full-on, bulletproof contract with 2017. Maybe you could use one, too...
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