LOVE WELL

Love is a choice and sometimes a very hard one. Picture right now someone who is hard to love. Can you see him or her? Can you feel the tightness in your chest and air filling your lungs? Now, imagine if I asked you to show love to that person this week. What would it...

LAUGH OFTEN

Thing 1 and Thing 2 each have a hamster. Watching the hamsters run on the wheel makes me feel like I belong in their cage. I run 90 miles an hour in a million different directions but get nowhere. Can anyone relate? I make mistakes every day. I fail as a mom. I fail...

BE GRATEFUL

If you Google the words grateful and entitled in the same search, over twenty-nine million results will pop up. Incredible, isn’t it? And it’s no wonder, considering we want our children to be happy, popular and accepted, feel no rejection, and receive medals,...

FIND PURPOSE

A city sat on edge as an escaped criminal wandered the quiet suburbs of Atlanta, taking hostage a young woman desperate to turn her life around after losing custody of her daughter. As she begged for her life, she read to him portions from Rick Warren’s The Purpose...

GIVE BACK

Do you remember the song, “Don’t Worry Be Happy”.  What was it about the song that was so catchy? Sure the beat was good. And you’re probably whistling the tune right now. Actually, try NOT whistling. Bet you can’t do it! Why did this song become an overnight...