Author: Connie Perez

“It seems like the end of times,” said a friend to me the other day while we were discussing the state of the world right now. Yes, the world is upside down, I told her. And I told her I would be praying for her and her family, as they are personally going through a…

Have you ever experienced feeling someone’s genuine joy for your own happiness? If you have, then you know how refreshing and energizing that is. That good energy is infectious. Yet we don’t always take advantage of that and reciprocate or pass it along. We get too caught up in competitiveness. A while back, I came…

Pay it forward. I’ve always told the kids it is a must. We look at all that is good in our lives against the backdrop of all that is going on in the world, and how can we not feel but blessed? Of course we express our gratitude to God for our blessings and praise…

It’s almost as if we’re hard-wired for one and not for the other. Hard-wired to complain about the inconveniences and hardships we’re experiencing, but on battery power when it comes to purposely being grateful. Yet, if we wanted to turn around a not-so-good day…or week…or moment, there’s nothing like gratitude to set that turn around…

A fill-in-the-blanks for you to ponder on today. We know we are capable of enduring much more than we think we can. After all, we’ve all had our share of this that and the other, and here we are. But some stuff really packs a punch, you know? On that note, fill in these blanks:…

Recently, I was the recipient of a number of prescriptions. A good thing because no matter how high a tolerance one has for pain, there’s always that type that will have you speaking in tongues. Anyway, yes, I am thankful for drugs. Today though, I wanted to send your way a different kind of prescription….

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”-Psalm 118:24 We should get up each morning with this thought in mind. I certainly did today. And it’s exactly what I intend to do – rejoice and be glad in it – because time is not refundable and we…

Our stories are countless, and pretty much the same. We don’t need today’s images to remind us, but it bears repeating over and over that many of us are today, and will forever be, thankful to our parents for having the vision and making the sacrifices they made to rip themselves from their birthland, an…

“Put your positive pants on.” – Billboard on I-20 between Midland and Abilene, Texas. Nothing like a good highway message for perspective. Been traveling this week. Got a couple more national parks checked off our list and, more importantly, a much needed hug from my Lockheed space boy, Danny.  Wow, talk about the value of…

Bad things happen to good people. I’ve seen that story unfold before my very eyes numerous times. A brain tumor happened to my sister at 44. I’ll stop at that one. I’m sure you all have your own stories you could tell. Even those that don’t hit close to home hit our hearts hard. Case…