What magic is given to mothers that they have such an ability to soothe? Antibiotics may cure the illness, but it’s a mother’s hands that soothe the pain, calm the fears and provide the reassurance. Your hand in your mom’s can fix things, at any age. She always seems to know how you feel, what you need […]

I heard a wife tell her husband, “If I could give you one gift in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes.  Only then would you realize how special you are to me.” It truly is a gift to be seen through the eyes of love. We are beautiful, […]

Recently, I told you about the surprise birthday party in my honor.  It lasted one afternoon.  But the aftermath is what I want to share with you, because that event had a life of its own.  It was like seeing a movie that keeps repeating in your head. For weeks, I went to sleep remembering […]

This is a guest post about one of our Consider This episodes written by my friend, Elizabeth Cottrell, as it originally appeared on her blog at Heartspoken.com. If you want to read the full transcript of the show, CLICK HERE.   “What a gift spring is!” Thus begins Annette Petrick in one of her wonderful “Consider […]

How do you get 90 people to keep from giving away the secret, when you plan a surprise birthday party?  That’s what I’m still trying to figure out. My fiancé Bill and I entered a catering hall where I expected to attend a local fund raiser. SURPRISE – came the ear-shattering greeting, as we entered.  […]

It was a difficult time. The mourning was over and it was time to move on. Yet it was hard. Everything was changed now; nothing felt comfortable. What to do?  Where to go? Friends and relatives who gathered around her had now returned to their lives and loved ones. They had left so much advice, […]

Today, you will have decisions to make: whether to get up now or sleep another hour. . . what to have for breakfast. . . what to wear. . . whether to take that phone call as you’re ready to walk out the door or not. Each of those decisions seem inconsequential. You may make […]

You can tweet up to 140 words on Twitter.  You can share your latest hairstyle with the world on Facebook or send your message the old fashioned way – by email. But I still enjoy using the totally antiquated form – a personal note through the US mail. Emotions conveyed through your own handwriting seem […]

Whoa!  Just like that, another season has rushed by. Where did it go?  Who put our world on fast forward? Everywhere you turn, someone is marveling at how quickly the time goes by. You wake up and barely get going, when it’s lunchtime and the afternoon is here. Blink and the day is over. There […]

I’ve been trying to grab the feeling of being in love and loved. It’s something so ethereal as to defy description. It makes the very air I breathe sweeter, safer, more nourishing. Look at it from a practical standpoint. If I did not love someone so much and he did not love me, I would […]