Gratitude 101

Gratitude 101 My mother-in-law was always very thankful even though she had plenty.   Her favorite line was “thanks loads” and she was sincere.   She was also good at writing notes of appreciation.  She died at 94, but seemed to lead a full and vibrant...

Refreshing Moments …

Refreshing Moments … When I was a small child, we lived in Brookfield, Il.  Living in a hundred year old house meant we were surrounded in an environment that was created for us.  My parents tried to update and make things their own, but the reality was that the...

Random Acts

  When I was a child of about 3 , I had a Great Aunt and Uncle who lived a few blocks away.   They lived on the third floor of a Chicago apartment building.  They were lonely people who had lost a six year old to small pox before I was born.  This Aunt never came out...

Change It Up!

Don’t Just Sit There!  Do Something Change it up! Be Constructive! Often we don’t know what to do, we get broken down like this tree.   We’d like things different, but we get stuck.  Stuck in the same rut or with the same people.  We go to the same...