My daughter, Alex gave her senior speech this week on non-attachment and letting go. In her message to her classmates, faculty, and family, she told this story. In 1992,  a Chinese freighter mistakenly dropped a crate of 30,000 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, many of these “friendly floatees” were discovered [...]

Begin every day by feeling grateful for opportunities to open your heart. No matter what your circumstances, daily bless yourself, your fellow human beings, and the earth; then express appreciation for your unique gifts. This opens your heart and helps you hear the voice of spirit guiding your life. Expressing gratitude for such spiritual [...]

“What angers us in another person is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves. If we had already resolved that particular issue, we would not be irritated by its reflection back to us.” Simon Peter Fuller
One helpful tool in managing anxiety or irritation is giving ourselves “permission to pause” in any situation that [...]

“Oh God, make me an autumn tree if I must die.” Esther Popel
As I looked out my front window this week, I witnessed the blazing scarlet leaves of my Japanese Maple tree. Excited to experience this gift sensorily, I stepped outside and let the color wash over me and fill me with its life force. [...]

It’s Monday morning and I could explore a plethora of topics. I could talk about the Academy Awards last night and who won or lost for Best Picture. I could talk about who was best or worst dressed. I could talk about my ‘baby-focused’ weekend in picking up a crib from Babies ‘R Us on [...]

This past week, Ava and I finalized our baby registration list.  We are officially registered at Target and BabiesRUs.  It was a pretty big ordeal, since Ava had to cross reference every suggested item with ConsumerReports and The Baby Bargain book.  Two essential tools in Ava’s shopping tool box.  We also validated the list with [...]

It is the journey that makes the destination all the more enjoyable. 
At least, that is something I wrote about ten years ago, before I actually started ‘writing’.  It was a phrase that came to me when I would catch myself trying to hurry through life.  I referred to it often when I was trying to [...]

Last weekend, my brother and I drove down passed Columbus at 5am in the morning to pick up a little yellow lab puppy to give to my father for Christmas. We arrived back a bit passed 2 and had my niece run up to my dad saying, “Paw-Paw, we got you a present!”. My other brother arrived with [...]

There is a saying in the education field that suggests it is not the size of your checking account or the type of car you drive- it is the fact you have made a difference in the life of a child. In the business world, there is the never-ending drive to make the next deal or [...]

It is a time to give thanks. A time for us to take a deep breath, reflect and honestly say, “thank you.”
Ok, so this is what we are supposed to be doing tomorrow, but how many of us will be surrounded by family members, some of them a lot smaller and louder than us, in a [...]