Author: Connie Perez

Grateful for fresh starts. Not just for this brand new year, but for every morning. God gives us 86,400 seconds every day. How will we use them? My friends and family, let’s make them count! “The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the…

Here we are, placing the period after that sentence. Can you say, “What a year!?” Seems like I say that at the end of every year. One thing’s for sure: Years — they are not boring. They keep us on our toes. With their tests, trials, tribulations, losses, gains, endings, renewals, and blessings. 2015 was no different. Thank…

They help us share a common bond and make awesome memories – Traditions. Yes, they are meaningful. Some are silly, wacky, rowdy, (come by our house on New Year’s Eve and see), but all of them are downright awesomely memorable. Tonight, we do it all over again and celebrate one of those awesome ones –…

Star Wars has The Force: telekinesis, telepathy, levitation, enhanced reflexes, shooting lightning from fingers, a dark side and a light side. So cool. Big fan. Can’t wait to see the movie, be entertained, and pretend. We? Ah, we have The Grace: strength, guidance, forgiveness, salvation and eternal life, unconditional. Way cooler. Big believer. Don’t have to…

Thankful for stamps. The introduction of e-bill payment released my postage stamps from burdensome duties and freed them for a much more meaningful purpose. I love to stick those suckers on letters, notes, and cards. Especially this time of year. ♥♥ C’mon, friends, go retro – practice your penmanship, slap a stamp on it and…

Oh my, the world is upside down! I am grateful for three things that are free, irreplaceable, and can last a lifetime:  FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE. If you have them, hang on to them for dear life, and please do share. If you don’t, run, go find some right away! It may be our only chance….

On this very special Thankful Thursday, as I write this post and reflect on my blessings, which are many, too many for words really, I have to say that what jumps at me right this minute are the faces of those who love and support me, and who give me their time, even from a…

Thankful for every breath of simplicity in my life.  Life is short.  Keep it simple. What are you thankful for today? “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” ~ E.F. Schumacher  

Thankful for candles. Around since B.C. They light a room, set a mood, celebrate a birthday, dedicate a prayer (us Cubans, we love to “encender una velita”). And in South Florida, where winter is…well, you know, sort of not, candles fill our homes with the scent and feel of holidays. ¡Dale, enciende esa velita! P.S.  Please…

Thankful that I am rich in the things that matter. What Money Can’t Buy A bed, but not sleep. Books, but not brains. Food, but not appetite. Finery, but not beauty. A house, but not a home. Medicine, but not health. Luxuries, but not culture. Amusements, but not happiness. A crucifix, but not a Savior….