52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History

My brother is recovering from an illness, and when we met this week it was nice to have some laughs together and to see that he is feeling better. I am going to write down some of our family history this week, so it is not lost, and my brother is going to supply me… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History

10 Reasons Why I Should Adopt Justin Bieber

1. He needs a family to live with. My husband and I have been married for 31 years and we have three well-adjusted sons close to his age. 2. He will gain some perspective on his life if he lives at our house. He spent his adolescence performing, rehearsing, living out of a suitcase, and… Continue reading 10 Reasons Why I Should Adopt Justin Bieber

Winter Needs Christmas

Many people are not religious, but they still love Christmas. Christmas has become more secular, and more spiritual. In those parts of the world where winter is cold, Christmas warms our bodies and souls from the inside out. Christmas is a time of expansion – we eat too much, spend too much, drink too much,… Continue reading Winter Needs Christmas

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

“Gratitude is an inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is following that impulse”. Henry Van Dyke In our farming past, Thanksgiving was a celebration of the end of the harvest and the start of the winter season. Today it is a holiday where many people share… Continue reading The Meaning of Thanksgiving