THINK FIRST (Are your words constructive or destructive?)

We recently had hurricane shutters installed on our home. Unfortunately, the guys who installed the shutters were sloppy, hurried, surprisingly moody and they clearly did not want to be working with each other. Thank goodness my husband was there to monitor their work and make sure everything was functional and properly attached..which it wasn’t in numerous…

This is the way I see it..

We’re strapped in at 13,000 feet riding out a wicked storm in a crippled plane. That terrible noise you hear is coming from a gaping hole that has already sucked out a few rows of passengers and two heroic flight attendants who were trying to save them. All I can do is grip my seat,…

How do you spell success? A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y

A wonderful thing happened to me yesterday. I shared a problem I’m having with a group of ladies at church; an attitude problem that I just CANNOT seem to shake… a problem that is slowly damaging a very important relationship. One of the women came up to me privately later and we talked a bit…

Accepting limitations..

My mom and I are going to look at wheelchairs today.  Sounds awful doesn’t it.. but like anything else in life, context matters. Mom is a go-getter, but at 88 years old, your “go” starts to “slow.” There are certain malls that we don’t frequent anymore because just making it from the car to the…

……And look what I found!

As I puttered around the house last Sunday tidying up after the little holiday brunch we’d just hosted, I found a pair of my underwear… underneath our Christmas tree. Funny thing is, I had been reaching under the tree earlier that morning because I saw a pair of tennis socks laying next to one of…

Best (Christmas) video ever!

This hilarious, little video will make you chuckle..and think.