It has taken me some time to accept the difficult things that I have learned regarding my biological family. The circumstances and story I've learned are not at all what I was expecting when I decided to search for my birth mother. It took several years for me to come to terms with my adoption. However, eventually, I did find peace in the knowledge that my biological mother had ... Read the Post
A Gem of A Woman
Finding Peace
y Ths topic and information of this post is from an article by Lindsey Sharratt found on the tinybuddah.com website. How to Make Peace with the Past and Stop Being a Victim Lindsey starts with the following. Do you usually feel as if everything wrong that can happen will happen, and it will happen to you? You must be the unluckiest person on the face of the planet. ... Read the Post
But First, Dessert
I want to introduce you to my friend Denise. We have known each other since we were little girls. Our mothers had been friends and were in a bowling league together. So that is how our friendship began. Dance lessons and play dates were part of our early years. Time flys and our last memories together were decades ago when we would take ski lessons at Snowbird. Life happens, and people ... Read the Post
Can a Strength become a Weakness?
Have you ever read anything about the field of Positive Psychology? It shows that "happy people are those that have discovered their unique strengths and use those strengths and virtues for a purpose that is greater than their own personal goals". We all may have had a certain strength that is so natural that we may not even consider them strengths. Think about a time in your ... Read the Post
Sixty-Six Years of Marriage
William Arthur Ward wrote, Feeling GRATITUDE and NOT expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it! No matter who you are, every single person has something to be grateful for. By consistently practicing gratitude, it shifts the entire focus of life. Stress dissipates, and a calmness washes over our being. I don't know about you, but that sounds like a lovely ... Read the Post
*Taker *Matcher *Giver –Which are you?
"We're all on our own journey. No matter where we came from, what language we speak, the color of our skin or anything that seemingly makes us different, in the end, we're all just humans living our own story. And it's up to each of us to be the hero of our story, which inspires other people to do the same." Years ago I was asked the question, "are you giver or a taker". This was not ... Read the Post
"We're all on our own journey. No matter where we came from, what language we speak, the color of our skin or anything that seemingly makes us different, in the end, we're all just humans living our own story. And it's up to each of us to be the hero of our story, which inspires other people to do the same."
Years ago I was asked the question, "are you giver or a taker". This was not an easy question for me to answer.