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How to Give Grief the Attention, Time and Space it Deserves

Is there such a thing as a finale that’s never complete? I think there is. It comes when a relationship is broken or wrecked or terminated, but the person does not die or perhaps the person physically moves and there remains a...

When life seems full of thorns – look for the roses

in Helpful Articles 9 days ago 0

I bought roses recently and the thorns were cut-off. I questioned the store clerk about the roses. She hadn’t noticed. I asked if I could get roses with thorns. She said that was impossible because the roses arrived at the...

False Assumptions

in Helpful Articles July 4, 2021 0

Have you ever felt your body vibrate? I mean something like a buzzing of a bee or that you can feel the answer to the question— “what’s all the buzz about?” But the difference is you not only know the answer, you know why. Stay...

Living and Leaving a Legacy

in Helpful Articles June 22, 2021 0

This may be one of the most difficult articles to write. I say that because it effects many areas of my life. We all have our month or maybe months where anniversaries, birthdays, special or specific memorable events happen and...

How to Get to Know your Dad… It’s Never too Late.!

in Helpful Articles June 10, 2021 0

Ol’ D – This is how Dad signed his name. I knew him as “Dear Old Dad” or just “Dad”. He has a strong place-setting in my heart, but the mark he had on the world, even my world, was not too deep or too broad. Dad’s acceptance of...

Understanding the Hierarchy of Human Needs

in Helpful Articles June 3, 2021 0

My life depends on relationships, but it also relies on structure. I need a place to live, but not just a couch to crash on. I need a safe place where I can launch each day without the worry or concerns that my stuff will disappear or...

Celebrating Life’s Seasons

in Helpful Articles May 25, 2021 0

“Tis the season”. I learned about seasons by living in them and planning for them. Seasons are topics to complain about, yet commonly used to strike up a conversation. Seasons were attached to holidays and structures of time such as...

Feeling Stuck?

in Helpful Articles May 12, 2021 0

Don’t focus on where you are and how you got there… It is better to focus on where you want to go and how to get there! We seem to be well versed on all our foibles, warts, and scars along with how they got there and why nothing seems to help...

Recovery or Discovery……You Pick

in Helpful Articles May 4, 2021 0

The word discovery has discover as its root. To discover is to find something or someone unexpectedly or it can be; in the course of a search a secret or treasure is revealed. I recall the “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” and Steve...

Me Tree

in Helpful Articles April 3, 2021 0

Where do I begin to tell a story of how great love can be? Telling my story is difficult because to tell my story means that I admit–it is my story. Telling my story is in telling it I show myself possibly through angles and...

The Key To All That Matters

in Helpful Articles February 24, 2021 0

What is the key? What is the key to myself, to one another, to those I know and those I don’t? What is the key to any stage or phase of life and is the essence that fills the gaps in between? What is the key to individuals as...

It is possible to Love Your Enemies – Learn How

in Helpful Articles February 9, 2021 0

In times like these, where are the proclamations and teachings of “love your neighbors” and “love your enemies”? Where are the billboards and the abundance of social media posts screaming out about this love that comes from a source of...