With Thanksgiving approaching here in the States, this seemed appropriate, and I think that it really applies globally as we all realize that we have a great deal to be thankful for each day as long as we are willing to look for our blessings. Growing up, my entire family lived within about 30 miles of my home, so Thanksgiving was a full house until late in the evening. My husband’s family was also,…
My father’s battle with cancer lasted for many years. And I understand that in some ways, as a family, we were very fortunate in that regard. We were blessed to have him with us for about a decade after he was diagnosed. But the truth of the matter is that he spent most of those last ten years suffering and fighting just to stay alive. At one point, he endured an entire year of…
Here is a picture of a leaf I saw while walking on a trail with my mother the other day. I took the picture because to me it looked like a heart and I was thinking of the love of my life who was working hard at home at the time. This may sound a bit over the top for some of you, and that’s ok. My point here is you find and attract…
Everything ages and declines, and then it is gone, this is the fall season. Next, we mourn our loss, which brings a chill to our hearts, this is winter. But then as our hearts begin to heal and to warm, we see that there is always something new coming into our lives to help fill the void, this is the joy of spring. And with renewed excitement and adventure we enjoy what this new thing…
Don’t ever be afraid to cry. Crying is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. You may have been hurt in ways unimaginable but as time goes by, the pain won’t be so hard. You may want to be strong and hold the emotions in but… Don’t ever be afraid to cry. See The Good would like to thank Amy for her guest post. Amy is a Florida resident and has…
Every summer my brothers, cousins and I would go and stay at my grandparent’s house. These were, without doubt, the best three weeks of the year. My grandfather, a rugged outdoorsman-type, loved taking us out to play. Playing Game Gear and watching TV all day was not an option. He was a giant tree of a man, palms rough from a lifetime of work. What was left of his hair was a…
We have all experienced difficult times when we thought that things just couldn’t get any worse. And usually, that is very far from the truth. But because we tend to think only about our own little slice of the world, we believe it. But later, often times much later, we learn that what we thought was our deepest darkest fear, could really have been far worse. At that point, it becomes clear that…
You got to have fun You got to have life You got to hang tough when life throws you trouble for it’s your attitude that counts When you take a fall, you got to take it all in stride or it’ll tear you apart All the whining and complaining won’t do you any good It’ll only make you feel worse and make people not want to be around you The best thing I’ve found is…
The definition of suffocation, according to Google’s dictionary feature, is the state or process of dying from being deprived of air or unable to breathe. But what is very surprising to most people is that the intense urge you feel to breath when you are holding your breath, or when you are underwater, is not because your body is starving for oxygen. The instinct to breath is actually caused by carbon dioxide receptors in your…
My father passed on Sept 1, 2001, and I won’t lie and say that a part of me wasn’t ready but the little girl who just lost her lifetime hero still wanted to understand why. Another part of my sadness was because of my son who would turn 11 in less than two weeks. He had lost one grandpa just before Christmas in 2000, and now his other grandpa and best buddy had passed just…