Visual Aid

Guess what?  Sometimes we don’t know exactly what influence we have, in fact we may never really know. But there are two things we do know. One, is that our kids learn from everything that we say and do, our facial expressions, our likes and dislikes, and even...

Gotta Have Heart

Isn’t it kind of crazy that long before you accomplish a goal, you have to work on each broken down piece of it, and before that you have to divide it up and schedule it, and before that you must have a concrete idea, and before that you have to know what you...

To Risk or Not To Risk

I don’t know who wrote this, but it’s been hanging in my kitchen for a long time. Dare To Risk To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach for another is to risk involvement. To expose your ideas or your...

Small and Simple

In all our big thinking and goal setting, we must remember that it is the small things that make all the difference in relationships! A kind look. A sincere apology.  A hot meal. A hand on a shoulder.  Some undivided attention.  Forgiveness. And when it comes right...

Dreaming Dreams

The ladies in this picture are my people.  I didn’t ever know them and we’re not even completely sure who is who.  But they are my people and they look like women I’d really like to know! It always astounds me that my ancestors where here (in living...