Lighting a candle on this day for all the prayers we never sayFor all the wishes we hold dear in the heartFor all the healing that we have yet to startLighting this candleFor friends here and
To Be Grateful
“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us….He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings
I Give Myself Permission
I watch and listen to my youngest children have fun, blurt out truths and be exactly who they are. They don’t wonder if someone will accept them or not for what they are doing and saying. They just ARE. They
Reason to Smile
My days have been pretty ordinary lately. I have been working same as usual. Take the kids to activities like cub scouts and their Christmas Program. Run cars in for repairs and inspection with my oldest, making plans for having
Branch Point
Kim Kelleher talked about branch points in our lives during her lecture at church yesterday. I had never heard that term before. I have heard the fork in the road analogy, even paths in the forest. Never “branch point”. I
The truth
I heard something today. It made me cry. I was told by someone that they wanted me to know that someone else had been talking about me. The way in which I am raising my family was in question as
Lessons Learned from a visit with Grandma
This is an Easter Photo, but is the most recent one I have of my grandmother. My grandmother lost her husband about 18 months after a dementia diagnosis. My grandfather died two days before my own husband passed after being
Perceptions
This is a real photo uploaded to the WIVB news site from one of their viewers: Christy Hazard. She is one of the freak lake effect snow storm victims in and around Buffalo, NY I showed this photo and a
No Mud, No Lotus
There has been a lot of items in the news because of the ailing of Thich Nhat Hanh. I have several of his books at home. Full of great wisdom and relentless compassion and love. I have reminded myself of
The World Of Memes and Smiles
Memes — Did I spell that right? — You know, the little pictures with the cool sayings or thoughts that float all over the internet? Do you flip past the ones that have too many words? Do you stop and