Kindness matters

Kindness matters

Did you know you can turn someone’s day around by offering them a smile? A kind word? A simple gesture? We live in a world that has become so attached to our “things” that we often miss opportunities to touch someone else. Is your phone so important...
Xenophobia–welcome to the new generation.

Xenophobia–welcome to the new generation.

I love the buzz words we are throwing around in our society today. We come across something and then we label someone with it; usually because they don’t agree with us. Well, those who live in glass houses really shouldn’t throw stones. Very rarely do I speak...
Journey

Journey

When the world slams you, you pick yourself up; sometimes this means clawing and screaming your way until you can stand on your own and find yourself being able to take just one step. That one step will lead you to the next and the next. Sometimes you are required to...
Grief Happens

Grief Happens

How do we honor life? What happens when the person you were traveling life’s path with disappears unexpectedly? Even if you know that person’s life, your partner’s, end is coming? How do we move forward when the world has suddenly stopped? The thing...
Hope

Hope

I took a walk yesterday along part of the Discovery Trail with my dog. It was nice, quiet, just enjoying a little bit of the sunshine and nature. As I was wandering, taking pictures, I looked up ahead of me and saw there was a bend in the trail. I thought “I...

Heading out of August

It’s the end of August. Guess what I realized? I haven’t written since June. I am having to shake my finger at myself for this. Simply because posting once a month should be no problem. Well, one would think. However, I have discovered that not only does...