Wired to Love

Wired to Love

We are all wired to love and connect, even the introverts! She had been stung. By life, not a bee. In fact, a bee sting might have been easier. Through a series of unfortunate events, she realized one morning that she was isolated and lonely. In retrospect, it was all...
Create Beautiful Moments Anyway

Create Beautiful Moments Anyway

Not every day is full of “bluebirds on your shoulder.” Problem finders, negative people, and fussy folks bump into us. Stuff happens. Not all of it ideal. Create beautiful moments anyway. Take a moment, take a hike, or take someone you love on an ice cream...
Brave Enough to Care

Brave Enough to Care

Short term adversity calls on our sense of courage, but so does long term adversity. Perhaps more so. When faced with years and even decades of a chronic condition, both patient and caregiver experience the gamut of mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical...
The 3 P’s

The 3 P’s

If you are still breathing, you either have had or will have some adversity of some sort. When times get difficult, we are challenged to interpret with hope and determination. In his book, Boundaries for Leaders, Dr. Henry Cloud elaborates on the notion of the 3...
Survivor Tree Reflections

Survivor Tree Reflections

On April 19, 1995, I was on the phone with a college bookstore in California when our office building shook and some of the windows blew out. I was working in downtown Oklahoma City. During those first days and weeks, we learned of staggering loss. Everyone was...