I thought that as we age, we get the answers. Now, I don’t even know the questions!
I sit with my oldest friends and they, too, don’t have the answers. But their wisdom comes with no longer seeking answers. Their wisdom comes in [...]
‘Goodbyes’ are always sad, even when we know that it’s best for the other to leave. So it was with a friend’s friend. It’s not that he died but how she let him go that was so touching.
Finished with the seering pain of [...]
The pressure is definitely on !
SHOP! SPEND! FEEL JOY! LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!
FEAR GOD! FEAR YOUR NEIGHBOR! USE YOUR CREDIT CARDS! OUT-DO YOUR NEIGHBOR!
Wonder why there’s so much sadness and misery this time [...]
The air is filled with noise. Have you noticed? Especially with the holiday season – bells, Christmas songs, New Year’s cheers.
What would it take to ‘go quiet’ this season – to hear the sound of peace, a smile a nod, a [...]
Has the word ‘Thanksgiving” morphed into something new and different? Didn’t Thanksgiving emerge out of the need to pause and give recognition to our bountiful gifts – food in the kitchen, a fire in the hearth and family around the table?
Now, it seems that [...]
It is now unanimous! One voice! No more dissention!
Unfortunately, I’m not referring to OUR country but to Iraq.
For the first time in their long history, the Sunni, Kurds and Shiites concur – THEY WANT THE U.S. TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY!
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