Today there is no snark. No sadness. No complaints. Just gratitude for what I have, including the great people who are my bedrock. I’ve made some good friends this year. I’ve been to some interesting places. I’ve had a variety of great bread pudding. I left ugliness behind. […]
Today, I have nothing snarky to share. Go figure. Today, I have no mundane anecdote to share in the guise of furthering a larger, deeper conversation. Today, I have no pet peeves to rant and rave about. Today, instead I present my tradition, where I thank my mother […]
This Thanksgiving I went for less. I didn’t feel the need to gorge myself and have 101 different types of pies. Not that I have ever really done that but you get the point. I wanted sinplicity this Thanksgiving as this year has been the total opposite for […]
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” Fred De Witt Van Amburgh My heart is filled with gratitude for those who have paved a path for me. My heart is filled with gratitude for those who helped me see […]
I have this odd reaction when I hear the word baskets. I giggle and gasp in horror. See, one of my favorite movies of all time is Silence of the Lambs. And, in that awesome movie, is a quite horrific scene about putting lotion in a basket. The […]
I tend to be a person who helps other people out. And, I don’t expect a tit for tat when it comes to helping. I don’t help someone with the idea that they will in turn help me out. Of course, there is nothing inherently wrong with a […]
It is that time of year again whereby I stop, pause, and thank my mom. Well, I have always thanked my mom. Probably not enough while she was alive. There’s never enough time. But there is always enough sadness and guilt when they depart this earth. But […]
There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year. And the Winter solstice of 2017 for the Northern Hemisphere will be at 8:28 AM tomorrow. But today, did you happen to know, is the International Human Solidarity Day? It is annually held today to celebrate unity in diversity and to […]
It is that time of the year again where people eat quickly to then go shopping late into the night in the hopes of scoring a great sale. I jest. Well, Not really. But, that is not what I am here to write about today. I […]
In the span of 24 hours, I received several very heartfelt notes thanking me. I was thanked for going out of my way to help a couple of people who are in dire straights and very sad situations. I don’t need the “thank you” but it surely feels […]
