Family Holiday Traditions: Fond Memories and New Ones Reimagined From Thanksgiving through Christmas and New Year’s, we all have our family traditions that we cling to. These traditions add meaning to the holidays and some people look forward to those activities all year round. For me, the holiday season never begins before Thanksgiving because of […]
What if the key to life is just not being stupid?
Or Maybe It’s Just be kind. We sure could use the key to life right about now because the world is in a state that I have never seen in my lifetime. Kindness is something we all appreciate. It’s normally something that is displayed the brightest during the holiday season from the end of […]
Delight How Forces of Nature Mold and Destroy Everything.
Events, small or large have the potential to change everything. Recently, my good friend Seth wrote on his blog 5 sentences. The ocean is made of drops Seth Godin That’s easy to say but hard to visualize. Even a puddle has more drops than we can count. It’s got to be difficult to be […]
The secret to happiness; it’s wanting what you get.
The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you get. – Alex Trebek I’ve been pondering this quote for three days now, since I first saw it following Alex Trebek’s death. I’m trying to understand what it means and how to explain it to you, my readers. The […]
What Were You Thinking
On October 1 of 2020, I began an exercise of standing on the street corner in the morning holding a sign that reads “Good Morning” and other phrases like “Today is a good day to be happy.” I smile, I wave, I even dance a little (very little). My premise was simple, go out every […]
September 11 and Covid -19
Each September, for the last 19 years, our country has approached September with somber remembrance. We pause and think about the events of September 11 and the weeks following. Today, in 2020, things are strange and different. Much like the days after the attacks, our country is besieged by enemies both seen and unseen. This […]