Motivating People to Uplift Their Lives
It’s Grammy night and I must admit that (as the young folks say) I feel some kind of way. Why? I’m not impressed with the lyrics I’m hearing on these “songs” here lately. It seems as if anything goes. But be that as it may, the nominees for the recipients […]
While I could list a million memories of times spent with my grandparents, there’s one that stands out for me when I think about my grandmother, in particular. Born in 1916, during World War I, I’m sure my grandma learned a few things in her lifetime until her passing in […]
Recently I posted some “ancient” pictures on my facebook page while having a chuckle that I recognized most of them from my childhood. There was one that held a caption, ‘PLEASE STAND BY”. That was the black and white television. Oh, how I remember! When I was a child the […]
There’s nothing like a “juicy” piece of gossip…about somebody else, a story gone terribly wrong…about somebody else, a hard luck story…about somebody else, bad news…about somebody else…a news story of a bad deed done….by somebody else. Ironically these situations generate a lot of discussion among friends and family and a […]
I read a Facebook status written by a young woman as she documented the loneliness and pain she experienced from childhood to adulthood. The reason? She looked distinctly different than others. As I read her story, I could feel her pain and I wondered how much of life she […]
The cold weather has had many people house bound. “It’s too cold,” has been the common recitation. House bound people have remained in their pajamas, under the covers, on the sofa with a blanket – confined to a state of nothingness. Or is it? With the every day ripping […]
Recently I entered a hair salon and walked in to a verbal spat that sounded like it was about to escalate. It involved a young mother, seemingly in her early 20s, as she sat breastfeeding her baby – and another young female. The dispute was over a guy. From what […]