January 1, 2016
Your doubles team won the first set easily 6-2. Twenty minutes later you are down 4-1 in the second. What happened? An all too common human tendency…..we relax and take our foot off the gas pedal and hit the cruise control button. Simultaneously, opponents dig in and fight like junkyard dogs. Put the two together […]
January 1, 2016
Oh come to me sweet angel the sun has set and the crickets long ago have stopped their evening chatter The dogs that barked incessantly have thankfully retired and yet my mind can’t let go Won’t you fly down and gently place your fingers softly upon my eyelids and close them ever so slowly Will […]
January 1, 2016
“He puts his cheek against mine and makes small, expressive sounds. And when I’m awake, or awake enough…. he turns upside down, his four paws in the air and his eyes dark and fervent. ‘Tell me you love me,’ he says. ‘Tell me again.’ Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over he gets […]
December 30, 2015
Linda chose to stand to the side as Alexis was introduced. At age eleven, this was her first recital since starting piano lessons ten months ago. Her mom realized early on that the child had a gift. What impressed her most however, was her daughter’s commitment to practice faithfully in between lessons. There was a […]
December 30, 2015
“It is a sad and pathetic fact that many people find life a dull, lackluster experience. People get themselves into ruts, which reminds me of a sign an old farmer put up one lovely spring beside a dirt road. “Choose your rut carefully: you will be in it for the next twenty-five miles.” A great […]
December 30, 2015
Skylar feels safe behind his bed. Lately, his parents have seemed to argue nearly every day. If he closes the door to his room, it’s not as loud. His mom used to tell him bedtime stories but seems detached now. Skylar wonders what it would be like to live in a peaceful home where laughter […]
December 28, 2015
Our long time friends Al and Geri just retired and moved to Vero Beach, Florida. When it is single digits in Denver, any beach looks mighty good!
December 27, 2015
New York Life has a commercial on TV with the line ‘one look can change your life.’ Surely, a look can make you think….make you reconsider your take on things. There are looks that go unnoticed when we move at the pace the world promotes these days. Yesterday, a very young cowboy had just ordered […]
December 27, 2015
‘Ok…..I get it…..you’re small and alone and just in ‘self protect’ mode. But it’s Sunday and this is a church parking lot. Maybe your owner could just put a little pill in your morning meal that could calm your nerves. I repeat….it’s Sunday and can’t we just all get along?’
December 27, 2015
Jacob, like many boys his age, is fascinated by horses and cowboys. One of the highlights of his life was attending the rodeo last summer in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He was enthralled watching the cowboys and girls zipping around the rodeo ring and doing tricks with their ponies that seemed impossible. This was the first […]
December 26, 2015
“There is an ingenious and low-tech monkey trap in South Africa that consists of a gourd with a hole at one end and a tether attached at the other. The whole deal hangs from a tree. A ball of food is placed in the gourd. The monkey comes along, puts his hand in the gourd, […]
December 26, 2015
If you get to thinking you are a person of some influence, try ordering someone else’s dog around. Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you jump, but by how well you bounce. It doesn’t take a very big person to […]
December 25, 2015
The game….the essence of the game, is not to be found in the shifting allegiances of pampered players. The ones whose agents hope they hit .270 so they can jump ship to a team in a larger market. If you want to see the beauty of the game, make time to watch a game of […]
December 25, 2015
Gale Sayers came out of college with the nickname of The Kansas Comet. He had extraordinary speed, agility, and an uncanny sense of vision where it appeared he had eyes in the back of his helmet. He needed just a tiny crack in the line to break through, mesmerize linebackers, and score a touchdown. You […]
December 25, 2015
There is a path laid out for each of us. It may be as straight as a string….but….more likely than not, there’s a turn here or there to keep you on your toes. Enjoy the journey and adjust when needed to reach your destiny.
December 25, 2015
Sometimes you have to take a deep breath and go beneath the surface for a bit. Breathing slows….the mind clears….and you re engage with the best part of you. When finally you ascend to the top, it’s as if a new creature has been born….one filled with a self assurance unrivaled by those too busy […]
December 25, 2015
A very young cowboy once heard a story that children enjoy over three hundred belly laughs a day. As the story was told, adults had lost that capacity and you could count on one hand the laughs in a day. The story has now been debunked but who can argue with you if, like Kelly, […]
December 24, 2015
A good friend and neighbor has rung the bell for The Salvation Army for the past fifteen years. I was going to give him a break so he could get off of his feet for a bit at a local King Soopers. When I approached him around two o’clock, he looked shaken. ‘I’ve just been […]
December 24, 2015
‘Yep….that’s right….I’m waiving at you, stranger. Do you not see the folly of comparing yourself to others….of wishing you had more of this or less of that? Perhaps it would help if you spent a day with me. We’d have a stroll on the beach and I’d share my favorite quote with you. And yes, […]
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