Living on the edge of her future, a six-year-old stood in the spotlight of the sun. Her voice, clear and unwavering, belted out the song to the audience. Standing on the edge of the stage, she feared nothing and no one. I don’t remember the song, but I do [...]
Wake Up! It Matters to Listen Carefully, Now She called out to her wayward child— don’t. Words will hurt each other, you must— think. Your actions affect this planet— stop. Please listen you can ease the pain— feel. You have one day I give to you— live. Mother Earth [...]
Life offers a road less traveled. Every choice opens and closes a door. “I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that [...]
You may find yourself grasping for gratitude. In 2020, I never imagined that the world would lose its footing to a virus. Those stories belong in the history of plagues and diseases like smallpox, leprosy, or polio. Most of us have never experienced a quarantine. We've never seen businesses [...]
Forgive Others First All she ever wanted was for someone to love her. She didn’t deserve to die. The man shot her at point-blank range. The gunshot wound at the temple left her breathing but not alive for two days. Not her first brush with domestic violence, but on [...]
In the Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath call us to think in moments "to recognize where the prose of life needs punctuation." Chip and Dan help us understand that, “Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” Today, [...]
Becoming More You The bubbing water fills the air opening the door to bird songs floating above and over the sky. If you listen closely, you might hear your own song blending and floating along rejoicing in being set free. Open — alive— you— filling your heart space becoming [...]
“I think that I will never see A poem lovely as a tree.” Joyce Kilmer’s poem, “Trees,” expresses the beauty and majesty of trees. As a child, I held a fascination for trees and wanted to hide in them all day. I can’t explain the mystical aura that surrounds [...]
Never underestimate flannel—or people "Now, each of us has his own special gift. And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't underestimate me I won't underestimate you." ~ Bob Dylan My granddaughter listened as I described my recent writing projects. Then she started giving [...]
Joy is in front of us; if we look. You don't need to search for joy. That feeling of well-being or good fortune doesn't elude you if you choose to open your eyes. “Find ecstasy in life: the mere sense of living is joy enough.” —Emily Dickinson Trista Ainsworth [...]
