C’mon kids

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 […]

One amazing friend

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 […]

Replay

May 17, 2018

Children make you want to start life over. Muhammad Ali

Future perfect

May 17, 2018

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe

Play

May 17, 2018

“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!” Benjamin Franklin

Oh my!

May 17, 2018

‘I have no fear. What I do have are parents who smoke strange looking cigarettes and who won’t answer the phone when Child Social Services calls.

Perspective

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.

Bounce back

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

Magic

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 […]

Shine

May 6, 2018

The world says fit in; the universe says stand out. Matshona Dhliwayo

Perseverance

May 6, 2018

Adversity is preparation for greatness. Anonymous

Magic

May 6, 2018

A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket. Chinese Proverb

Glory days

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.

Let it go

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 […]

Go for it

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 […]

It is good

April 28, 2018

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

Simplify

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 […]

Beginnings

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 […]

Perspective

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

Imagine

April 24, 2018

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela