Every morning I wake up, roll on my right side, take my leather bracelet that is stamped with “Hope” in the center of it, and fasten it on my wrist as I look at the anchor-shaped ring on the center…
Celebrating Love on What Would Have Been My Parents’ 64th Wedding Anniversary
Today, December 8, would have been my parents’ 64th wedding anniversary. Following my father’s death in January of this year, my mother is choosing to celebrate this as a day of treasured memories. So today, I am sharing this tribute…
Are You Squandering Your Spiritual Potential?
Potential. It’s truly a powerful word. One definition for potential in the Unabridged Merriam-Webster Dictionary reads: “having the capacity for acting or being acted upon and hence for undergoing change.” While the element of change that is mentioned is worth…
Who Speaks Truth to You?
Dial soap tastes awful. I should know. I had my mouth washed out with it when I was a very young child. (Yes, parents used to do “horrible” things like that back when I was kid…but keep reading!) My neighbor…
The Principle of Restorative Love
Yesterday I had lunch with three dear friends who have taken me into their “group” and made me feel welcome. (That’s not the point of this post, but it’s important to me to acknowledge that they are amazing!) We ate…