No matter what change we go through, there is life after. Now that the drop off and sad farewell are done, life after begins for me. As I figure out how to live in an empty nest, I realize my boy isn't the only student......
Read moreExsaded: The Way We Feel When We Let Them Go
The boxes are stacking up and it’s getting harder. We’re about to send our youngest off into the world. He is fourteen years old....
Read moreToday the Extraordinary Comes to Us... Are You Ready?
Sunrise like any other morning. Except this isn't. I am heading into totality.
Sometimes the extraordinary comes looking for us and I believe in embracing it. Total eclipse, I can't wait for our first meeting!
Pass it on.....
The Key to Happiness Starts Here
I 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 moreFinding God in Ice Cream: When the Ordinary Becomes Holy
It shouldn’t have been a surprise because this is what God does. He takes something ordinary and makes it holy. You know, ordinary people like a girl named Mary. Ordinary things like wine. Bread. Fish. And, yes, even ice cream......
Read moreSummer's Happy Place
What's your summer happy place? The one that makes your heart feel alive and your soul feel at home, the spot that's a perfect fit in a laid back, July sort of way? Come along and I'll take you to mine. It might just become yours, too.....
Read moreHow to be a Guiding Light in the Darkness of Grief
Remembering the pain of our own deep, jagged loss can be the very thing that encourages someone else who has lost a dear one. May this bring you or someone you know comfort and peace. If you don't need it now, put it away for later because death is an inevitable part of life......
Read moreDead Head Your Life
Dead heading isn't just for flower pots. It's important in our lives, too. Give this video some thought.....
Read moreThe Day I Said no to The Stanley Cup: A Story That Has Little to do With Hockey and Everything to do With Life
Lord Stanley's prize and two men whose names are etched on it: My father, Johnny Wilson (left) and the great Gordie Howe.
What the hell was I thinking? I ask myself the same question every year when the Stanley Cup winners hoist the champions' trophy high over their heads. But there can be redemption for all of us, even when we make the stupidest mistakes...
The Importance of Honoring Transitions
If it's the end of an era in your life or your child's, you'll want to read this... and honor the feelings that come with transitions.....
Read moreA Mama's Birth Day: My Own Private Celebration
The birth of our children is our birth, too, as we enter into a new life. In the dark cocoon of night, this is how I mark my own birth day, a private celebration for one, on the eve of my sons' birthdays.....
Read moreThe Ultimate Mother's Day Gift: Understand These Things About Us
Understand Me
Looking for that special something for Mom? Mothers from east to west have weighed in and this is what we'd like today. You won't need your wallet, but you will need to read this if you want to make her Mother's Day the best yet....
Read moreWhat Do You Wish Your Kids Understood About You?
What's the best gift for a beloved matriarch this Mother's Day? Come in close, moms. I have an idea....
Read moreMake The Most Of It... With Your Mind
It's incredible how, with the handy work of your mind, bad can become better. Today, a different way of sharing words... in video form....
Read moreEvery day, again and again....
Short and sweet today, Underdogs. But big. Really big.
Read moreBreathe Easy. Breathe Beautiful.
If you haven't joined us on Facebook, there are a lot of us there waiting for you. Come say hello and find even more goodies waiting that'll give you a boost of goodness. And who doesn't need more of that? Oh, and breathe it in. Breathe it out. Life and Love are our gifts.
Read moreThe Universal Lessons of Rising From the Darkness
The 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 moreMoving Away From the Mob and Closer to Jesus
I wonder how the mob scene happened. How could people be so blind and so cruel? Yet we all stand right there with them. This day reminds us to step out of the crowd......
Read moreFuture Tripping: Managing the Fear of What's Ahead
My older son and his friends call it “future tripping,” worrying about what’s ahead for them as they journey through young adulthood. Let me tell you, I’m way past their stage, but I’m on one heck of a trip...
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