The Christmas season is upon us. Seasonal music plays on every radio station; TV filled vacant slots with seasonal Holiday specials and Classics. Every place you go the sounds, lights, and smells of the Holiday greet you. It becomes overwhelming…
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Life Lesson 2: Five Components To An Apology
“I’m sorry…I said I’m sorry…Listen, Didn’t you hear me? I said I am sorry. What more do you want?” Saying “I’m sorry,” over and over for the same repeated `behavior fails to demonstrate repentance, branding your admissions worthless. The meaningless…
Four Tips to Offset Thanksgiving Stress
The Thanksgiving Feast is nine-days away. Changes to menus and seating charts occur with almost every phone call. Travel plans are firm, and ears are alert for weather changes. A long list of “Things To Do” sits on…
Three Tips To Ignite Neighborhood Unity
I consider myself fortunate to live in a neighborhood where I know my neighbors. We talk at the mailbox, watch the children playing outside, greet and visit while walking the dogs. As neighbors, we help each other out. The tree…
Life Lesson One Gratitude and Thankfulness
I could see the stress in her face, I heard it in the tone of her voice and saw the last remnants of control in her clenched hands. Anger, hidden so deep it transformed into nerve tingling, body engulfing,…
“As is” Fights “Perfect” for Title
The term “AS IS” notifies the potential buyer an item has an imperfection. The chip on a crystal wine glass resulting from a hardy toast; a jagged dark line revealing a crack in a vase; the figurine’s delicate arm now…