I wish for you a new year filled with fresh hope, new beginnings, triumphs, successes, and the fulfillment of dreams you hold in your heart. I wish for you to have all the love you can stand and peace that you are exactly where you are supposed to be right here, right now. May...
In the coming weeks, I invite you to enjoy some excerpts from the book to help you with some of your holiday decorating. While decorating comes last on our life list of things to do, it's important to surround yourself with items that stir your soul. Join me here.
When life comes at you hard, it’s time to shake things up. About two years ago I decided to do something I’ve always wanted to do…SkyDive. (Well…..strapped to someone who knows what they’re doing.) It was exhilarating! Fantastic! Mind-blowing! This was my controlled risk I wanted to take challenging every norm I’ve lived with...
Often, people speak of love and devotion romantically. Like swans mating for life or when Phoebe explains the relationship between Ross and Rachel on Friends as “He’s her lobster.” But devotion in and of itself is more than some romantic notion. It’s love personified in many forms: A mother or father devoted to their...
Today I wish for you crisp autumn days…the kind that make you want to take hayrides, pick pumpkins, and get out your sweaters and boots. I wish for you… …Fall foliage beyond compare …Crunchy leaves under your feet (instead of in your gutters) …Hot cocoa in red plaid thermoses …Football games …Warm blankets …Crackling...
I’ve often wondered if those who have these manicured pretty lives really understand how amazing they could be if they rolled up their sleeves every now and then and shook things up. I wonder if they know how truly powerful their lives are if they looked at life not as something that has to...
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...
There’s good criticism, and then there’s the bad. Constructive criticism feels like help, sounds like help, and is kind and gentle. It usually comes from a place of great care and concern in either wanting to help you improve or save you from possible embarrassment, hurt, or pain. Then, there’s that stupid kind. The...
“Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed.” – John Tarrant While life flies by, it’s easy to get caught up in the to do lists, the schedules, the hectic lives we all lead. We text while we talk, we surf while we watch TV, and we...
Today I wish for you friendship beyond compare. I believe no one exists on an island. Well maybe Tom Hanks did in that movie Cast Away but even he befriended a volleyball and called him Wilson. For you? Well, I hope you find at least one of your soulmates. No. I don’t believe soulmates...