Thankful-Living: Four Points to Make Thank You Notes Easier

A week after Christmas, when I was growing up, my mother would sit my brother and me down at the kitchen table and provide us with clean paper and a pencil to write thank you notes. Each of us had…

Generosity Sparks the Season

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…

STRIVE FOR THANKFUL-LIVING & HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving! I want you, my community of readers, to know how thankful I am for each of you. Thank you, for taking a few minutes to read the weekly blog post. Thank you, for sharing my words with others.…

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…

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,…