How many of you would call yourself a slave to fashion? Well, maybe “slave” is a bit extreme…let’s try this, how many of you take great pride in your appearance and thoroughly enjoy shopping for cute clothes and shoes? Even if you don’t, keep reading, I think you’ll get a laugh out of this. Shopping Read More
Chosen: The Gift of Adoption
Adoption is a concept we understand. Some of us may know a person who was adopted, but unless you are adopted, have personally adopted a child, or experienced the process via close friends or family though, you may not comprehend the real beauty of adoption. Only in the last few years have I come to Read More
The Pants No Pants Debate
Clothes, everyone wears them, unless of course you live on a deserted island, or in a nudist colony. We also generally all wear some type of top along with a type of bottom. Again, there is always the exception of bare chested men roaming about and women at topless beaches, but as a norm, there Read More
In Football, There Are Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!
College Bowl Season, an exciting time for fans and players alike. Athletes take it to the gridiron for one final chance to show they are the best. Existing records are broken, new records are set; some dreams are realized while others are squashed. Personally, my loyalties are sometimes divided, especially during bowl season where two Read More
Case Against The Resolutions!
Good-bye, Santa and the reindeer, jingle bells, Frosty the Snowman, holiday overindulgence, ugly sweaters, crowded malls and Christmas music. Hello, New Year’s Resolutions and promises to eat less, exercise more, quit smoking, curtail frivolous spending and give up alcohol. Making New Year’s Resolutions seems to be etched into our DNA; we think that simply because Read More
George Bailey, It Really is a Wonderful Life
New Year’s Eve; for most of us, the end of one year and beginning of another brings about a time of reflection. We browse through the annals of our past and if we are honest with ourselves, all of us will find that we’ve fallen short of the mark. Perhaps there are broken relationships still Read More
Dance Like No One’s Watching – Childlike Joy and Grown Up Abandon
Have you ever just sat and watched small children running around and playing? No? Well then, I highly recommend it. No doubt, a smile of sheer joy will sneak onto your face, whether you mean for it to or not! Saturday a friend and I went to see a performance of, “The Nutcracker”. The audience Read More