"The Hurricane" is my favorite movie, for a number of reasons. I support kindness, diversity, helping the underdog, and rooting for the one that just has no-one else in their corner. Look it up. Not many people know about this movie, very few people that...
I have been hearing a lot of talk about individuality lately. Often, individuality is expressed as a conduit of not being a sheep. To interpret individuality as a right to be uncooperative is only self-serving. Individuality is a concept that I hold dear. As I have stated...
When I was small, I looked at a princess and a prince and thought the fairy tale was real and just had to have that. I learned in church about Adam and Eve. God created Adam, made Eve from one of Adam’s ribs. Was I...
These are trying times. The COVID-19 virus may prove to be the greatest public health and economic challenge in the United States’ young history. Daily federal and municipal briefings call for schools and nonessential businesses to close, for Americans to shelter in place, and to...
What is the number one fear? Funny, well not really, but I looked it up and it depends on who you ask. Who is the authority? Well, YOU ARE! What are you most afraid of? Snakes? Clowns? Public speaking? Dentists? Needles? Small spaces? Death? What happens...
Death can be strangely life affirming. From the moment we are born we are inching towards death. Hopefully, it is a very slow inch and we are granted many, many decades of life. Last week my husband lost his brother, Joe. He was a kind, gentle...
I was always a very happy child. I moved through life blissfully. I was the apple of my dad’s eye and loved unquestionably by my mother. As the youngest of eight children, I got a lot of one on one time with my parents. My...
People are good at getting angry with you when you don’t allow them to treat you poorly. The nerve - “Who do you think you are to stand up for yourself?!” I am going to share something quite personal today, it’s not my usual habit to...
The term spiritual gifts is defined by Wikipedia as “an endowment or extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit. These are the supernatural graces which individual Christians need to fulfill the mission of the Church”. I’ve been feeling restless lately in my spiritual journey. A nagging...
I wholeheartedly recommend and embrace the neighborly culture of the South. Why? Growing up in Missouri, specifically in St. Louis, I assumed that St. Louis culture was also a mid-western culture. I grew up saying “good morning” and saying “hello” to everyone I passed. This was either...