June 1, 2018
Claire is too young to have that thousand yard stare… much too young Her grades have fallen and she no longer attends gymnastics on Thursday afternoons The youngster’s mother can’t break through the wall that Claire has constructed to keep the pain away Nearly every other girl at school has the bright eyes and […]
June 1, 2018
A little taste of heaven that’s what he was So trusting…and true a bundle of joy in a fur coat Riley could make time stand still when he curled up next to you… could make you believe that the world was beyond special Unflappable was he and unforgettable as well One of those special […]
May 17, 2018
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe
May 17, 2018
Graham got up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday. He was in a sour mood most of the morning when his business partner sent him a picture. It made him stop and consider that things could be a whole lot worse.
May 17, 2018
You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That’s an education in itself. Carol Burnett
May 17, 2018
Andrew Bennett is a magician and presented a TED talk on the word Abracadabra. He said the word is an ancient one from the Aramaic language of thousands of years ago. You, like me, probably believed it was a word used only by magicians. Bennett explained that Abracadabra has a powerful meaning. The real meaning […]
May 6, 2018
Marion Jacobsen was a world class surfer back in the day. As the years have slipped by, she’s rarely seen on The North Shore of Oahu anymore…now it’s Chicago’s North Side where she sings in the choir and recreates the old times with the blinds drawn.
May 4, 2018
Rick always seemed to be carrying the weight of the world with him wherever he went. One momentous day, his wife convinced him that life is short and that he ought to lighten up a bit. Friends say he’s now a completely different person…engaging and funny, his outlook has turned 180 degrees and life is […]
April 28, 2018
Allow me to introduce you to professional golfer…Maverick McNealy. I’m thinking the kid has the smartest parents on the planet. Maverick. If you wanted your child to be a go for broke…maximize your talents achiever, wouldn’t Maverick be the perfect name? Go get em, Maverick! ** It’s working….Maverick is at the top of the leaderboard […]
April 28, 2018
I love this life and patiently embrace the challenges that flow…like a river, to me each day.
April 27, 2018
One of the commentators was recently complimenting a young tennis player on her volleying technique. He said she had ‘minimal movement’ of the racquet head. Since you don’t get bonus points for excessive movement on the volley…and swinging usually creates errors and mishits, try the M & M volley…and increase your ‘net worth’ in the […]
April 27, 2018
A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth […]
April 24, 2018
I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. e. e. cummings
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