The Weed and the Wildflower

The Weed and the Wildflower

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Not sure about you, but I am very successful at growing weeds. Why is it that we struggle to nurture the grass, trees, and planted flowers in our yards and gardens, but the weeds seem to thrive best of all? What is the difference...
Gullies

Gullies

Getting away to play The Gullies easily garnered top honors as the main attraction at my childhood home. We lived on a 110 acre hog farm in West Tennessee. Neighbors dared not lay a foundation or park a trailer any closer than a mile away. Our farm was home to about...
My Favorite Postal Worker

My Favorite Postal Worker

Beyond normal expectations With exuberance, enthusiasm, and a touch of light-hearted humor, he greets each customer. Helping them with their postal needs, his energy is contagious. And even a bit baffling. It’s the post office. This is not exciting work. But, he makes...
A Litany of Unexpected Blessings

A Litany of Unexpected Blessings

-Excerpt from my new book, Thrive Anyway Kathy and I awoke on the first day of the 2014 Myositis National Conference in Reno, Nevada to find hundreds of hot air balloons outside our hotel window. Unexpected Blessing #1. On a whim three days later, we rented an...
Your Soundtrack

Your Soundtrack

Who sings your song? On occasion, I do funerals. And when I do, I have a few goals, but one of them is this. To sing that person’s song. Not literally, but to tell the stories and draw out the traits that reflect their better tone of life. Moving back to the...
Your Gratitude List

Your Gratitude List

Responses from last week’s Weekly Inspiration As you enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, perhaps these gratitudes from Weekly Inspiration readers will stir up some of your own. As noted last week, these can be past, present, or future. Large or small. They all...

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