Patience

November 4, 2026

‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change… Courage to change the things that I can…. and wisdom to know the difference.’ Reinhold Niebauer

Life long learning

October 30, 2026

“You are either green and growing or ripe and rotting.” Frosty Westering

Humor

October 26, 2026

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward

Travel light

October 26, 2026

‘It’s eventually clear that we carry with us on the road more baggage than just our suitcase and our backpacks.’ Ryan Holiday from the book Stillness is The Key.

Twinkle toes

October 13, 2026

‘Life is just one grand, sweet, song…so start the music.’ Ronald Reagan   Tap arrow to laugh.  

Levity = Longevity

October 10, 2026

May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise. Rumi

The eyes have it

October 10, 2026

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” Audrey Hepburn

Look closer

October 8, 2026

Sometimes it’s not what people say but what they don’t say that shows how beat down their soul really is. From Long Way Gone by Charles Martin One helluva a great writer with a story that starts high in the mountains of Colorado

Heaven sent

October 6, 2026

Before you were born, We dreamed of you….we imagined you….we prayed for you. Now that you are here, We hope for you….we pray for you….we thank God for you.  

Hang in there

October 3, 2026

“No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow’s not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.” Edgar Guest

It is good

October 2, 2026

I love this life and patiently embrace the challenges that flow…like a river, to me each day.

If the soul could speak

September 28, 2026

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. Pablo Picasso

Wise beyond their years

September 26, 2026

“Children are capable of great things, not just in the future but now. Children can be a source of hope and even strength. They can inspire us with their kindness;  they can make us see beauty where we noticed only the mundane. They can make us stop and think;  they can push us to do […]

Hope

September 26, 2026

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

Self Compassion

September 25, 2026

Accept who you are……smile at the you who’s in the mirror….I dare you to. Or….if you’d like, make the silliest face ever and then go out and live like the little kid you used to be…..content with the miracle of today…..not getting stuck in the past or fretting about the future.

Heaven

October 3, 2023

“No one can possess an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind.” Paulo Coelho

Words to the wise

August 4, 2023

‘Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.’ John Wesley

Hazardous to our health

June 18, 2023

“Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. The chair is out to kill us.” Dr. James Levine Levine believes that U.S. citizens spend more than half of their waking hours sitting down in front of a tv, driving, or behind a desk at work.

The Champ

May 26, 2023

The Greatest.  The Goat.  Call him by either name and that’s fine. Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Simon Biles, Sand Koufax, Pele…yes, they are or were the tops in their sport. But ask any of them who The Greatest refers to and I’m guessing without a hint of hesitation, they’d say Muhammad Ali. After […]

Life

March 26, 2023

“Life brings suffering no matter who we are. But there is a path for all of us that leads out of this suffering and on to that joyful journey of self discovery, no matter how painful our personal history might be.” George Mumford from the book The Mindful Athlete