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
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
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...
Read moreWhat It Takes to Make Dreams Come True
Everyone has a dream? So, what's yours? Going after the goal you most want requires determination and inspiration. And today, before the sun was up, I found a good dose of both....
Read moreMore Cheering! Less Booing!
I 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 moreWords Connect
Reader. Writer. Like most things in life, it doesn't work unless we're in it together. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate you being here? Because I do.
The Case of an Angel: A Mother, A Daughter and Heavenly Healing
Relationships 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 moreCrossing the Bridge from Divided to United
There'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 moreMini Skirts and Mumus: When Your Inner Critic Becomes a Bully
It 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 moreScrew Resolutions! I Need a Contract With Time!
I’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...
Read moreModern Day Wise Man
I know. You’re rushed. Me, too. So I’ll keep it short. But don’t skip this one. It’s important. Really, it’s all that matters on our to-do lists. This one comes courtesy of the wisest man I’ve ever known.
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