The other day while gardening I heard the neighbors behind me asking their dog in baby talk if he was feeling better. I was not intending to eavesdrop, but hearing them ask him multiple times whether he was feeling better and seemingly waiting for a response from him each time, well that amused me and [...]
Thanksgiving is a time when we focus intently on gratitude. Surrounded by family, friends, food, and laughter it is much easier to be grateful for what we have. Gratitude fills our hearts and carries us happily through the holiday season. It is a lens that challenges us to appreciate all we have in our life [...]
18 years ago, I attended my oldest child's high school graduation with my youngest child on my lap. Sarah was just shy of 18 at the time and Cheyenne was eight-weeks old. I remember the moment with absolute clarity. It was, in so many ways, both surreal and life affirming. I fully appreciated in that moment how [...]
I am just coming off a week-long engagement with the flu. I did not think it was the flu at the outset. I thought it was my round three of that crappy hacking cough cold stuff going around. I have coughed so vigorously with that malady in its repeated occurrences since mid-December that it should count as [...]
In the conversation in her head she remarks, "I am fascinated by the new year phenomenon. Why do people place so much emphasis on the power of, and potential for, change at the outset of the new calendar year?" Albeit, she is quickly distracted by a burning urge to ready her brand new journal to [...]
One of my most common disclaimers when I meet new folks is that one of my parents was raised Jewish and the other was raised Catholic, hence I am "half Jewish/half Catholic - which equals twice the guilt." And while I say this partially in jest, it is grounded in a clear understanding and appreciation of the [...]
Distraction - it's a national epidemic. Technology advances have resulted in our collective obsession with the devices that connect us to places both near and far. As a result we pay less attention to other things, important things such as work, school, driving, walking, and our time with each other. Every place you go you [...]
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