My son just celebrated his 12th birthday and mine is on Friday the 26th. My Mom and sister (Sis Kris) have been visiting for the last few days, and my heart is full of love and laughter. Family and friends fill us and heal us in ways that sometimes we didn’t even know needed helping. They help our heart. I […]
How Can We Truly Help Others?
How is the best way to help others when we see they are hurting? What is our role? What is our responsibility? What even, is our right? I’ve been struggling recently with the dilemma of seeing friends suffer from what I can only describe as self-inflicted pain. For the majority of us (those not suffering from mentally illness which is a […]
The Value of a Village
It’s Takes a Village. We’ve all heard that expression before, and it’s usually in reference to raising a child. Being a parent is such a great, unyielding, easily overwhelming responsibility that it requires the assistance of others. At times, however often or infrequent, we need the support of others to teach, protect, transport our children because we just can’t do […]
Why Relationships are More Important than Resolutions
No one wants to read another post about New Years resolutions, and I sure don’t want to write one. It’s a New Year. We should feel renewed, as the calendar and our annual quest for accomplishments resets. Instead, let’s talk about another R word…an even more relevant one…relationships. Our world revolves around our relationships. Whether it’s with ourself, our boss, […]