Why Are You Special?
One of my favorite questions to ask my three year old daughter is, “Why are you special?” She enthusiastically replies, “Because God made me!” The best part is when she proceeds to tell me all the parts that He made while pointing to each one. “God made my elbows,” she says, as she proudly points them both at me.... >Read More
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Learning to Take a Compliment
Last summer my husband and I embarked on a ninety-day, 7000 mile road-trip around the western United States. The trip was a dream come true, one that we had been planning for several years. Our itinerary revolved around our shared passions of camping, rock climbing and mountain biking, which filled the months with adventure, amazing scenery and accomplishment....... >Read More
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What do you hope for in 2010?
It was almost 15 years ago that the Spice Girls implored us, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want.” (Sorry for the earworm.) The mystery of what they were actually singing has long been solved, (“really really really wanna zigazig ha” still makes no sense) but many of us are still trying to answer that... >Read More
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Great Quotes on LIFE
"I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." ~ Martin Luther
In youth we learn, in age we understand. ~ Marie Ebner-Eschenbach
Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~ Voltaire
The greatest...... >Read More
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Self-Esteem and You
There's a revolution going on. "It's a revolution within," says author Gloria Steinem. In fact, that is the title of her bestseller, Revolution From Within, a book about self esteem. In her preface she writes,
"The more I talked to men as well as women, the more it seemed that inner feelings of incompleteness, emptiness, self doubt and self hatred...... >Read More
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Wow…I'm Getting Old!
This is Part 2 of a 2 part series - Getting Old
How do we face the twilight years of life? With feelings of dread…or of hope?
The French-born film and vaudeville actor Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) remarked glibly, "Growing old is inevitable for all of us. The clever thing is to accept it and always plan your next move well in... >Read More
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Aaaaagh! I'm Getting Old!
This is Part 1 of a 2 part series - Getting Old
I am 68 years of age and retired, so I suppose I am considered old. In our politically correct times, I am called either a "senior citizen" or "chronologically gifted."
What is aging? How do we react to it? These questions are no longer academic for me.
When I was... >Read More
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Learning to Love the Girl in the Mirror
I lost my dad to suicide at the age of five. Shortly... >more
Speak Up
This past week I have been, quite literally, voiceless. A bad case... >more
What Do You Fear?
