What do you do when you feel off track at Christmas?

Every time I plop down in one of the charcoal-grey Adirondack chairs in our backyard, Sadie, the yellow-Labrador Retriever, sits on my feet. She doesn’t want me to leave. When I sit to read or type a meditation on my laptop, I feel a sense of security knowing she’s there as well as Bentley, her […]

Do you really—I mean really, know your neighbors? From pews, classrooms and recliners, I’ve found myself sitting in, amongst the five southern states I’ve lived in, whenever I heard a preacher, a teacher or read how an author defined a neighbor, it was always folks who live way out there. People you meet at the […]

I love it when I read a new book and the author puts to words what my soul has not been able to. And I underline and underline, quote after quote with my pen. If the words really move me, then I write them down in my journal so I won’t forget. Singer, songwriter and […]

Singer and songwriter, Amy Grant, said one time in an interview that she loves to hear her relatives and friends share generational stories. She believes storytelling is a way to connect generations and preserve memories and hearing those stories influenced her music and life perspective. So what is a generational story? According to the website, […]

At work, I regularly call my customers, otherwise known as claimants, those unfortunate people who cannot work due to various disabling conditions, whether physical or psychological. I listen to their complaints regarding symptoms that persist. Showing empathy is something I value after being temporarily disabled myself, out of work for three months due to open […]

Author Steve Carter asks a very relevant question in a different kind of way in his most recent book–Grieve, Breathe, Receive. “So what do you do when life does what it does?”

Fans of the CBS late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, know he loves to have celebrities answer 15 questions and #5 reads: “Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?” An interesting question for people who are already famous. I’m no celebrity, but so far, in my life, I have only asked a famous […]

Painting over watercolor mistakes is near to impossible.

If I get one more reminder from my internist’s office in the form of a text, asking me to check-in on-line or from my iPhone “before” my doctor’s appointment! Then there is work, my day job. At the end of every quarter at New York Life, we have to type a paragraph regarding what we […]