STORIES AND REFLECTIONS
For family and friends — the ultimate support system. Through the ups and downs: their prayers, encouragement, comfort, laughs, and love. Because when the wind is not blowing (oh God, especially when the wind is not blowing) they are our oars. “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to…
For the gift of Faith…for without it I am lost in limbo. It is what keeps me sane during trials and tribulations. In affliction and in happiness, in sickness and in health, it is what keeps my hope alive. It is what helps me to be patient and trust in the will of God. It is what will save me. You too…
– For unexpected small gestures that make the sweetest of moments. Warning: Such gestures may cause amazing side effects — hard to say who’ll get the most joy, the receiver or the giver. Most of us are fortunate to be surrounded by people who show us their thoughtfulness; occasionally even unknowns touch us with gestures that leave us believing there are angels walking among…
Some days, today being one of those , I’m reminded how God moves me like a puzzle piece. Ready or not. Into every job, every trial, every experience, and life of every person I meet. Slowly forming each chapter of my life. Some parts of the picture seldom clear until years later, if at all. Some days, today…
…nothing like a picture to put you back in a “moment.”
Last night my friend Wally (thank you Wally!) posted a picture on my Facebook wall from that incredible day back in ’86…
“that is because you have not allowed yourself to forgive me.” Words that stick. And nothing cues me to philosophize like words that stick. When do you know when you have forgiven someone? And for what exactly? While giving it some thought, I remembered a quote I read once that said, in part, that forgiveness…