“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey One day at the beginning of class during my senior year in high school, my English teacher asked us to choose a song title from a short list […]
It’s that time of year again. THAT time of year. The time when the days are shorter than the nights. The time when a flood of certain memories tries to get the best of me. The time when I begin to feel the magnetic pull of my long-neglected blog… Seven months have passed by since […]
February 9, 1964 — the day my life changed forever. I’ll never forget that cold wintry Sunday evening. My parents hovered nearby as he told me to close my eyes and he’d kiss me. He told me he’d miss me. He even promised to write home every day and he’d send all his loving to […]
Today is my mother’s 80th birthday. Unfortunately, she passed away nearly 4 years ago, so I can’t tell her “Happy Birthday” except in a whispered prayer. Mom miraculously lived for 18 years after developing viral cardiomyopathy. Five years after her diagnosis, she survived sudden cardiac arrest at home – twice. She was a stubborn woman […]
I’ll write more about this topic very soon, but today I’m taking the lazy way out. Some days I just need to breathe… Solitude matters, and for some people it is the air that they breathe. — Susan Cain Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Have you ever pretended you were whichever “vert” you aren’t? […]
