Rx for the Soul

Coming to you today from the Black Hills of South Dakota. I am grateful for some down time, roaming with the buffalo. 🦬 😬 Nothing like some time outdoors with Nature to refocus. Expressing gratitude for what is, rather than worrying about what isn’t, is what I’m practicing right now. I hope this practice will…

May the 4th be with you! Today, Star Wars fans everywhere use this greeting to celebrate this epic saga of good versus evil. For me, though, this pun sparks an immediate reminder of a different kind of force – the grace, mercy, and love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. That Force….

It’s National Park Week, and I couldn’t let the week go by without expressing my gratitude for them. Our family’s adventures during our 26-year park quest have helped us create memories we will cherish forever. I highly recommend you include a national park in your travel plans at some point in your life. They are…

Saturday is Earth Day. An annual celebration that raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. I think we’re plenty aware by now, don’t you think? It’s not going to make a damn difference, though, if we don’t take care of its most special resource — humans. No question that…

I know it’s not for everyone, some find them mundane, but I find refuge in them. “Just a normal day. A normal day! It is a jewel! In time of war, in peril of death, people have dug their hands into the earth and remembered this. In time of sickness and pain, people have buried…

On this Holy Thursday, I am thankful for His mercy, forgiveness, and promise of eternal life.” To those of you who share in my faith and observe this holiest of weekends, I wish you a blessed one, full of enlightenment, peace, hope and love. “We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love,…

It is an act of faith to send our kids out into the world. That’s never been more true than in these times and in this world. Really, that’s what it takes, I think – faith. And so, what to be thankful for today? Our willingness to put our lives in His hands…and keep going….

Some “Tamiami Trail” thoughts (because I travel that long road west-bound a lot, as you may know). One of the toughest periods of my life was that 4-year span during my mother’s illness. I felt so overwhelmed and lost about what to do and how to do it. I had been through cancer care not…

A couple of days ago, I came across a bit of writing which I think I’m going to print and place by my night stand. Better yet, print, cut out and stick to my forehead while I sleep so my brain can absorb it, sort of like a topical cream for my thoughts (imagine that)….

When I was a kid, I thought things were always falling from trees. At least that’s what my mother made it sound like. “Eso se cae de la mata,” she often would say. And I’d be like “Huh, what’s falling from a tree?” She used this idiom to convey something was more than obvious, logical…