Mother’s Day Prep

Mother’s Day is only a week and a half away.  What’s your first reaction?  Hope your children remember?  Think of things you need to do like cleaning and cooking for that day?  Wish you could just skip the day entirely?   I read an article from an online coach who talks about making the choice to…

Love, Joy, Peace

There were no Christmas trees, pretty lights, Christmas movies, catchy holiday tunes, cozy fires, or soft blankets.  We didn’t have phones, computers, or a TV.  The closest family member was an ocean away.  We didn’t have holiday food.  We had electricity only a few hours a day.  It had been a year and a half…

Makes Your Heart Sing

My father-in-law was a laborer in a cement plant.  During the long night shift, he worked in tunnels under the huge rock silohs making sure they were depositing rock on the conveyor belts without getting hung up.  How could this possibly be a job that fit his love of the outdoors and his alert mind that…