STORIES AND REFLECTIONS
This story has been one of my readers’ favorites over the years, and one of mine too. Every time I share it, I’m reminded how easily we can misunderstand a moment. So, by popular request, and in celebration of National Cookie Day, here it is again: The Cookie ThiefA woman was waiting at an airport…
Family and friends, this is the season to be extra giving, extra forgiving, and extra thankful. This Thanksgiving, I want to share some words I came across recently: “Thankfulness takes the sting out of adversity. It opens your heart to His presence and your mind to His thoughts. You may still be in the same…
Don’t know about you, but the nonstop stream of medicine ads is driving me up a wall. And if you do happen to have the condition they’re talking about, hearing those side effects over and over is enough to scare the life out of you. Half the time you’re sitting there thinking, “I didn’t have…
Couldn’t resist. (Plus I’m off this week, so why not.) I love my job, I love the payI love it more and more each dayI love my boss, he is the bestI love his boss and all the rest. I love my office and its locationI hate to have to go on vacation.I love my…
Relax. Some things in life have a way of working out exactly how they’re supposed to, even when they don’t go according to our plan. Been there done that. This one’s mostly for my younger readers. The ones still figuring out that detours and delays aren’t always setbacks. Pero even for those of us in…
Guys, it feels like we’ve been seeing pumpkins and candy aisles since August. Oh wait…that’s because we have. Well, Halloween is finally here, and I’m personally looking forward to it, as it’s always made for some of my favorite, fun memories. When Lauren and Danny were little, we’d pile them (and their cousins) into the…
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, and ours was sitting on a dusty shelf just waiting to be found. Glad you asked. 😉 Long story short, we definitely didn’t plan on discovering a time capsule that day, but a couple of weeks ago, Ray and I were wandering through an antique store with…
Ever burn your toast? 🙋🏻♀️ Yeah, me too. More times than I care to count. I just sigh, scrape off the burnt parts, and butter it up. I really never think that in the few moments it took me to do that, life quietly may have rearranged something for my good. So it is according…
Every time I’m around them, BAM! Perspective hits me like a ton of bricks. “Taper down that whining and complaining, Connie,” screams that voice in my head. Today I want to give a big shoutout to someone who constantly blows me away—my colleague Ian and his amazing mom, Halli. They’re a powerful reminder of what…
Let’s begin October with a little soul food for your spirit. “Coffee never imagined it could be soft and sweet… until it met sugar and milk. We’re all good on our own, but we get even better when we’re around the right people.” Nice. Nothing like a cortadito to set you right. My friends, surround…