Gone but not forgotten

June 27, 2016

Our brother Chris has been gone for more than twenty years. I miss him today as The 4th. of July approaches. I miss his zany sense of humor and the devilish twinkle in his eye. Chris was clearly the most fun-loving of the five boys in our family. You would have loved him in minutes […]

Drama king

June 27, 2016

Kevin bolted through the back door and said….’Oh my, he’s really losing it!’ A 12 year old boy in the sectional tournament was instructed to exit the tennis court with his opponent because rain had made the surface dangerous. Kevin said the pampered little tyrant was berating the official who had made the right call […]

Friends

June 27, 2016

True friends are doorways to our souls, and loving friends are the grasses that soften the world. It is no accident that the German root of friendship means “place of high safety.” This safety opens us to God. As Cicero said, “A friend is a second self.” And, as Saint Martin said, “My friends are […]

Fire

June 26, 2016

There is in every woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving

Compassion

June 25, 2016

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom. Rumi

Hang on

June 25, 2016

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Barriers

June 25, 2016

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy. Albert Ellis

The dream

June 23, 2016

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. Don Miguel Ruiz

Imagine

June 23, 2016

Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the […]

No way!

June 23, 2016

‘What do you mean….they are out of cookies and cream? This is really unfair.’

Bye bye blues

June 23, 2016

Kyle was just laid off from a sales job he loved. He and Jenny have been struggling to keep up with expenses as her salary is just enough to get by. When Kyle begins feeling blue, Jeremy and Jacob are right beside him. ‘Life is good,’ he realizes as his two sons are the most […]

Balance

June 22, 2016

Even the most experienced surfers catch waves that hurl them to the ocean floor. Soon, they grab their board and search for the next wave….the next chance to come out on top.

Fun seekers

June 22, 2016

Some people are blessed with a few more silly bones than their more serious neighbors. From their earliest years, they create laughter and pursue wackiness like a bloodhound on a fresh trail.

Sun kissed

June 21, 2016

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. Galileo Galilei

Perspective

June 21, 2016

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer

Possibility

June 21, 2016

Great things are done when men and mountains meet. William Blake

Aha

June 21, 2016

Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that it had been only the sun that was lacking to open all its germs, and buds to the light. Max Muller

Father’s Day

June 21, 2016

With Father’s Day slipping beyond the rear view mirror, it’s nice to know that a lot of dads realize what matters most.

Trust

June 19, 2016

“In the eyes of a child…there is joy, there is laughter… there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future…” Air Supply

Prioritize

June 18, 2016

Sandy retired in 2014 after twenty years with a well known non-profit. At first, she traveled frequently and volunteered at a local church. Lately, she discovered the joy of walking and it has become a part of her daily routine. Sandy says some of her most creative ideas arrive when walking alone in the woods. […]