• Contagious Joy

    My husband and I had the pleasure of dining with an amazing young woman recently. What impressed me about this woman was her upbeat, positive attitude. You see, this woman had a lot she could complain...

  • Why Others Need You to Rejuvenate

    ​Sometimes we can get caught up in the busyness of life swirling around us and forget to take time to slow down, look around, and breathe. I’ve been finding myself in that whirlwind lately and was reminded...

  • A Clean Slate

    ​There’s nothing like that lingering scent of fresh air after rain. But that’s not all that’s refreshing about a downpour. It also refreshes the ground and vegetation. It erases any tracks, kills the...

  • A Gentle Answer

    ​A couple of recent encounters reminded me of the truth in words spoken by wise King Solomon millennia ago, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” The first encounter was...

  • The Art of Collaboration

    ​I’ve always been pretty independent. My dad has told the story numerous times about how I was never a cuddly baby and started walking at seven months old. (I had to keep up with my big sister, after...

  • Survivor or Warrior?

    October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And although I refer to myself as a breast cancer survivor, I don’t really feel like one. “Surviving” the cancer was nothing. Abnormal cells grew out...