FATHER: Listen. Sit quietly WITH Me each day, often- through the day, and listen. Simply listen. Quiet your ambitions, your desires,...

Me: How do I give dignity to a soul? What about the soul lying on a bench on a corner?   FATHER: It is their body that carried them...

It's hard to know when something you've shared or taught...sticks. And yet, this is exactly the reward my son received while taking his...

Well, the water beckons again. I'm sitting on a bluff overlooking the crashing waves of Lake Erie. This time, I've been offered the gift...

This year I determined to get out of my auto pilot of task lists and say YES! to invitations... didn't see this gift coming...

This morning as I was waiting for my tea water to boil, I caught sight of my shadow on the wall. Then this thought captivated me: Our...

I give it all to You I give them all to You Lord my vision has clouded my senses are blurred Help restore Your clarity oh my God and...

Today I followed a craving for a blueberry scone and found myself at a local coffee shop and in awe at how quickly a routine ride home...

My sister gave me a wondrous present for my 50th birthday. Today, seven months after she made me cry with her thoughtfulness and nod...

I've been thinking about my kid's response to current day events, which is the same to all news that disrupts their peace or feeling of...

God grant me the FREEDOM... To let things fall by the wayside- and let NEW things be born To ignore guilt that serves no purpose other...

Hmmm...I vote yes. Doing something is at least "doing" something. On that note, I'd like to say, "Get to work!...or play," however you...

Bright and early this morning my husband, trying to help me stick to my goal of getting up early, rubbed my shoulder and gave a little...

Published 08/31/2012 I've learned a thing or two about style and chic "expression of self" with clothing.  Pretty much that thing or two...

I’d never been so thrown by a class assignment. Yet, there sat the blank screen, waiting for the words to come as I tried to write my own...

Once upon a time in the not so distant past there lived a family of seven children under the loving care of their parents... One morning...

Today and tomorrow bring about the two-day festive holiday known as "Parent Teacher Conferences," in our house.  Now, to some parents,...

Published 10/21/2015 I recently took my 11 year-old and 8 year-old sons to the Optometrist.  Unbeknownst to me this type of doctor...

Published 10/23/2015 "Mrs. Yurkewicz?"  "Yes..." "This is the school nurse...ummm, I'm calling to tell you of a minor incident involving...

Published on 10/04/2012 (slang a bit dated ;)) Hollaaa!  --slang for Holler...which is slang for "That's what I'm talkin bout!" ...which...