Today’s news of Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy filing, the hit in the financial markets, the surge of gas prices climbing at least 25 cents overnight from Hurricane Ike has many, for good reasons, afraid and uncertain. Uncertainty can crop up in anything though: a relationship, finances, job security, or even health crisis’ like finding a...
It’s funny you know, that old saying? “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” How completely wrong that is! Bones can mend; words (and their residue) are stained in our minds and hearts forever. As school starts, kids position themselves socially. Often, it’s done verbally. Verbal bullying as...
We all celebrate birthdays. Mine just happens to be today! I have had an amazing birthday celebration. Love, laughter, new experiences – it all came wrapped up in a big gift called memories I’ll treasure forever. I’m very thankful and blessed that today of all days, I had an anniversary of my birth. One...
Summer, I hardly knew ya. I can’t believe we’re already into August and I’ve barely baked summer in. Things can come and go so quickly. Before you know it, the things that seemed like they’d last forever are gone. I recently picked up a book called “Teaching With Fire.” I’m not a teacher, I...
by Kelley Taylor, Make Every Day A Holiday I read non-fiction. Period. The last fiction book I picked up was “The Notebook” which I consumed in an afternoon along with two boxes of tissues. I swore I’d never do that again to myself. I know there’s something to that…like a flaw of some sort...
by Kelley Taylor, Make Every Day A Holiday Tim Russert was no head of state. He was never elected into office, he wasn’t a president of a large corporation, founder of an organization, leader of a nation, movie or rock star. Yet with his passing, he has been mourned by media, politicians, business leaders,...
“All men die, few men ever really live.” - Braveheart, the movie So, here we are six months into the year and I wonder, what have I done so far to really live? Have I risked? Have I given? Have I received? Have I loved? Have I failed? Have I won? Have I lost?...
Have you ever just gone through the motions of your day without really paying attention to what’s around you? I have! I swear I’ve even driven to work and back when, turning the key off, I wonder, “How did I get here?” I’ve somehow managed to get lost in what I have to do,...
Beginning Today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so. Beginning Today I will no longer worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will always be there, waiting for me to make the most of it. But I...
This story is sent to me so often by many of my friends, I simply had to enter it here to share it with you, in case you haven’t seen it yet. A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.