I experienced a lesson in gratitude recently. I was so tempted to be negative. I wanted to justify myself and complain. But I stopped this trash talk in my head and changed it to an attitude of gratitude. In the last couple of weeks I failed the same digital painting lesson 2 times. Not…
Author: Grandma Grace
The Race
Have you ever been called names, labelled something less than who you are, disparaged, dishonored, ridiculed, told what you need to do to be accepted, or advised to do or believe something you know is wrong? Every time disrespectful and wrong headed ideas are thrown at you you have a choice. You can let the…
Happier
A few days ago we attended a talk by an American who has lived with his family in a third-world country for the past 13 years. He remarked that if they had allowed it, the corruption, theft, and poverty there would have torn them down. But they had an anecdote. I thought about all the…
You Hold Me
Husband and I felt like we were just coming out into the light after a dark year of watching our daughter’s heart-wrenching battle with cancer. She’s doing well now in spite of the after-effects of treatment. But just at the time when our daughter was doing better, we got the news that our close friend…
You Are Welcome Here
An older lady (yep, even older than me), leaned close so we could hear each other above the background noise of many other conversations. “Hi, I’m A______. What’s your name?” After short niceties, she got down to business in a kind way by asking direct questions about me. I answered her questions honestly, but…
Does the Mirror Tell the Truth?
Every culture values women’s beauty. When I was a child, we girls played with Barbie dolls dressing them in pretty clothes and accessories. I first became aware of fashion and who was thought to be lovely in the era of Twiggy. For those too young to have heard of her, she was a young…